原文来自:http://bukkake.iteye.com/blog/954259
规范上NSString做属性都是写成copy的,理论上应该是复制了字符串而不是单纯的增加引用计数,其实问题只会出现在把NSMutableString赋值给NSString的时候。
- @interface Demo : NSObject
- {
- NSString *retainString;
- NSString *copyString;
- }
- @property (nonatomic, retain)NSString *retainString;
- @property (nonatomic, copy)NSString *copyString;
- @end
- @implementation Demo
- @synthesize retainString;
- @synthesize copyString;
- -(void)dealloc
- {
- [retainString release];
- [copyString release];
- [super dealloc];
- }
- @end
- Demo *o = [[Demo alloc] init];
- NSMutableString *s1 = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithCapacity:100];
- [s1 setString:@"fuckyou"];
- o.retainString = s1;
- o.copyString = s1;
- NSLog(@"retain string is %@", o.retainString);
- NSLog(@"copy string is %@", o.copyString);
- [s1 setString:@"fuckme"];
- NSLog(@"retain string is %@", o.retainString);
- NSLog(@"copy string is %@", o.copyString);
这样就可以看出,当使用retain方式的时候,NSMutableString的内容变化时,语义上应该不可变的NSString也变化了,而用copy则是始终保持赋值时的内容。
如果对实际类型就是NSString的对象用了copy,那其实就是retain,你可以通过观察引用计数来发现,而且就语义上来说也完全没有问题,同时也避免了不需要的字符串拷贝的消耗.