I have a weak NSPointerArray
with some NSObject
that has been released. Before calling compact
what I see is:
(lldb) po [currentArray count]
1
(lldb) po [currentArray pointerAtIndex:0]
<nil>
(lldb) po [currentArray allObjects]
<__NSArrayM 0x16f04f00>(
)
That makes sense, but what is really weird is that when I call compact
on that array I see the same values! Count still returns 1 and pointerAtIndex:0
is nil
.
Why the nil hasn't been removed?
EDIT
Here's the full code (yeah it's XCTesting framework):
- (void)testCompaction {
__weak id testingPointer = nil;
NSPointerArray *weakArray = [NSPointerArray weakObjectsPointerArray];
@autoreleasepool {
NSObject *someObj = [[NSObject alloc] init];
testingPointer = someObj;
[weakArray addPointer:(__bridge void*)testingPointer];
NSLog(@"before compaction inside autorelease: testingPointer = %@ count = %d, allObjects = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 class = %@", testingPointer, [weakArray count], [weakArray allObjects], [weakArray pointerAtIndex:0], [(id)[weakArray pointerAtIndex:0] class]);
someObj = nil;
}
NSLog(@"before compaction outside autorelease: testingPointer = %@ count = %d, allObjects = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 class = %@", testingPointer, [weakArray count], [weakArray allObjects], [weakArray pointerAtIndex:0], [(id)[weakArray pointerAtIndex:0] class]);
[weakArray compact];
NSLog(@"after compaction outside autorelease: testingPointer = %@ count = %d, allObjects = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 = %@, pointerAtIndex:0 class = %@", testingPointer, [weakArray count], [weakArray allObjects], [weakArray pointerAtIndex:0], [(id)[weakArray pointerAtIndex:0] class]);
}
and logs:
before compaction inside autorelease: testingPointer = <NSObject: 0x7de7ff80> count = 1, allObjects = (
"<NSObject: 0x7de7ff80>"
), pointerAtIndex:0 = <NSObject: 0x7de7ff80>, pointerAtIndex:0 class = NSObject
2015-07-20 14:27:14.062 AppetizeSuite copy[54144:9019054] before compaction outside autorelease: testingPointer = (null) count = 1, allObjects = (
), pointerAtIndex:0 = (null), pointerAtIndex:0 class = (null)
2015-07-20 14:27:22.615 AppetizeSuite copy[54144:9019054] after compaction outside autorelease: testingPointer = (null) count = 1, allObjects = (
), pointerAtIndex:0 = (null), pointerAtIndex:0 class = (null)
Why the compact
method does not delete the first pointer? It's clearly a nil
before calling compact
.
I've seen this same behavior. Here is an open radar bug report: http://www.openradar.me/15396578