Using autoReleased objects without an NSAutoReleasePool?

You don't need to create an autorelease pool explicitly usually. When you do normal Mac programming using the AppKit framework, there will be an implicit autorelease pool which is handled by the event loop. You need to concern yourself with autorelease pools mainly on two occasions.

In answer to your question: that's a no-no. You will leak memory if you autorelease an object (or use an autoreleased object) in a scope that has no autorelease pool.

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