popViewControllerAnimated 之后不走deallloc的几个原因：

1. NSTimer
   If you create an NSTimer object on a view controller, be sure that invalidate is called on it when dismissing the view controller, otherwise it will retain self.

2. Observers/NSNotificationCenter
   If you add an observer to NSNotificationCenter, make sure you remove all observers when dismissing the view controller, otherwise they will retain self.

3. Blocks
   You should not call [self doSomething] from inside a block, this can easily lead to the block capturing a reference to self. Instead, make a weak reference to self:

4. Delegates
   if you use
   someObj.delegate = self;
   inside the view controller, check the delegate property on someObj is weak.
   @property (nonatomic, weak) id delegate;

BAD:

dispatch_async(queue, ^{
   [self doSomething];
});

GOOD:

__weak MyViewController *safeSelf = self;
dispatch_async(queue, ^{
   [safeSelf doSomething];
});

Once you’ve made your fixes, check that dealloc is getting hit and the allocations no longer increase endlessly

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