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From: "Jake Farrell (Commented) (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (THRIFT-1340) Add support of ARC to Objective-C
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Jake Farrell commented on THRIFT-1340:
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Can you please create a new ticket under the website component and attach the how to in markdown format for this. 
                
> Add support of ARC to Objective-C
> ---------------------------------
>
>                 Key: THRIFT-1340
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1340
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Cocoa - Compiler, Cocoa - Library
>    Affects Versions: 0.7
>         Environment: Mac OS X Lion, iOS 4.2, 4.3, 5.0..
>            Reporter: HIRANO Satoshi
>            Assignee: HIRANO Satoshi
>             Fix For: 0.9
>
>         Attachments: THRIFT-0.8.0-dev_cocoa_ARC.patch
>
>   Original Estimate: 24h
>  Remaining Estimate: 24h
>
> Objective-C in Xcode 4.2 supports ARC (Automatic Reference Counting, not GC but similar) and now it is the default both on OS X Lion and iOS 5. (ARC works on iOS 4.2 or higher.)
> The conventional Objective-C code includes many retain/release/autorelease for maintaining  the life time of objects.
> Since the latest Objective-C compiler automatically generates stubs for reference counting, code should not include any retain/release/autorelease.
> Many Mac OS/iOS projects are moving to ARC mode. Although we can specify a compiler flag which tells ARC or no-ARC file by file in Xcode 4.2, there is no means to tell the Xcode that files generated by the thrift compiler are no-ARC. Xcode produces many error messages like "retain is not allowed in ARC mode". 
> So, the thrift compiler should support ARC mode.
> What we need are:
> 1) add -objc-arc flag to the thrift compiler.
> 2) If -objc-arc flag exists, omit generating code for retain/release/autorelease.
> Please look at "Programming with ARC reference notes" in iOS developer library.
> http://andpdas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARCProgrammingGuide.pdf

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