Fix warning "Capturing [an object] strongly in this block is likely to lead to a retain cycle" in ARC-enabled code

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In ARC enabled code, how to fix a warning about a potential retain cycle, when using a block-based API?

The warning:
Capturing 'request' strongly in this block is likely to lead to a retain cycle

produced by this snippet of code:

ASIHTTPRequest *request = [[ASIHTTPRequest alloc] initWithURL:...

[request setCompletionBlock:^{
    NSDictionary *jsonDictionary = [[CJSONDeserializer deserializer] deserialize:request.rawResponseData error:nil];
    // ...
    }];

Warning is linked to the use of the object request inside the block.

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ASIHTTPRequest *request = [[ASIHTTPRequest alloc] initWithURL:...
__block ASIHTTPRequest *blockRequest = request;
[request setCompletionBlock:^{
    NSDictionary *jsonDictionary = [[CJSONDeserializer deserializer] deserialize:blockRequest.responseData error:nil];
    blockRequest = nil;
// ....

}];

what the difference between __weak and __block reference?

answered 2013-07-24T14:42:23.863

Fix warning "Capturing [an object] strongly in this block is likely to lead to a retain cycle" in ARC-enabled code

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