time of [myobj retainCount]

[David Wetzel]

hi folks,

imagine you what to do something like:

  while (currentObj = [objEnumer nextObject]) {
    if ([currentObj retainCount] == 4) {

      // some code here

    }
  }

you will find out that retainCount takes quite a lot time because there is a 
mutex that will be locked/
unlocked *each* time. Is there a way to lock this before the while loop and 
unlock after?
One which works on Apple/NeXT runtime also?
And yes, in "some code here" a release should be possible.

thanks!

dave

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