Ah!!!!! Great little article at Stepwise. This is some of what I was asking for when I posted that C to Obj C thread.
Very simple rules for memory management in Cocoa
Newcomers to Cocoa often seem intent on making life difficult for themselves when it comes to memory management. Following a few simple rules can make life easy. Failure to adhere to the rules will almost certainly lead at some point to memory leaks, or runtime exceptions due to messages being sent to freed objects. ....
[This message has been edited by Scott_H (edited 04-17-2001).]