If I mix C++ code in Objective C who manages memory for C++ object would ARC handle it?

Question

If I create/allocate C++ objects in objective C such that Objective C objects are using pointers of the C++ objects and the code is intermingled will ARC manage C++ objects too and release/free them ?? What happens to C++ object whose pointer is in a Objetive C object which is not accessible ? and proposed candidate for removal from memory ??

Answer 1

According to Cocoa Core Competencies: Object life cycle, you should free resources in the dealloc method. For a "raw" C++ pointer, this means writing a delete expression.

ARC's part is to insert retain and release calls such that dealloc happens once an object is no longer accessible.