Release notes for checker-XXX builds

checker-255

built: February 11, 2011
download: checker-255.tar.bz2

highlights:

• Mac OS X builds are now Intel i386 and x86_64 only (no ppc support)
• Turns on new -init method checker by default
• Reduces memory usage of analyzer by 10%
• Misc. fixes to reduce false positives on dead stores and idempotent operations.

checker-254

built: January 27, 2011
download: checker-254.tar.bz2

highlights:

• Introduces new -init method checker to check if a super class's init method is properly called.
• Objective-C retain/release checker now reasons about calls to property accessor methods (setter/getter).
• Introduces new attribute ns_consumes_self to educate the Objective-C retain/release checker about custom "init-like" methods that do not follow the standard Cocoa naming conventions.
• Introduces new attributes ns_consumed and cf_consumed to educate the Objective-C retain/release checker about methods/functions that decrement the reference count of a parameter.