Why is the retainCount still 1 after [object release]?

Question

NSLog(@\"first:%u\",[object retainCount]);
[object release];
NSLog(@\"second:%u\",[object retainCount]);

Output:

first:1
second:1

Answer 1

I agree with the other comments about not using retainCount to get a reliable count.

EDIT: Ignore my stupidity below... :)

However, I've observed that setting the corresponding property to nil...

self.object = nil;

the retainCount does tend to be decremented immediately.