Understanding Memory management with NSDictionary release?

RetainCount is a horrible method to use for trying to figure out memory management. The absolute retain count of an object is rarely interesting and often will be unfathomable due to implementation details.

I advise you to run the static analyzer on that code: a lot of the mistakes that I do regarding memory management are explained by following the steps that the little blue arrows describe.

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