iosobjective-ccompiler-warningsperformselector

PerformSelector warning


I'm receiving a warning

PerformSelector may cause a leak because its selector is unknown

In the code:

- (void) callDelegate: (SEL) selector withArg: (id) arg error: (NSError*) err
{
    assert([NSThread isMainThread]);
    if([delegate respondsToSelector: selector])
    {
        if(arg != NULL)
        {
            //this line the warning
            [delegate performSelector: selector 
                           withObject: arg 
                           withObject: err]; 
        }
        else
        {
            //this line the warning
            [delegate performSelector: selector 
                           withObject: err]; 
        }
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"Missed Method");
    }
}

Header:

@interface Topscore : UIViewController <NSObject> {

//
}

Solution

  • This is a warning generated by the compiler because -Wundeclared-selector was used while compiling and automatic reference counting (ARC) is enabled. This can be, in general, safely ignored, as it's obvious that the selector in the variable named "selector" is unknown at compile time, as it will have its value assigned at runtime.