Taking out the garbage

eboy

Hello, i was wondering when reading about xcode programming, they always mentioned that you had to be mindful of the memory management or taking out the garbage....how does GS handle this....

rebump

Well, I assume they know of the MM model they are supposed to adhere to for iPhone/Touch apps but it is easy to make a mistake here or there since the iPhone/Touch doesn't support the auto-garbage collection method...it's manual so-to-speak (you "retain" something, you must "release" it).

Now the GS app we run on our Macs is likely using a garbage collection method (from what little I have read on actual Mac app development). I think you can manually control it there too. Either way, the GS app and/or web viewer do have some leaks and/or issues based on memory consumption over time and their flakiness. But hey, its Beta right!? :-)

quantumsheep

I thought this was the name of your game

(and yes, it's been done before! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trashman_(video_game) )