Is there a compiler option (or some other way) to see where ARC is inserting retain and releases? This is mostly out of curiosity. I can see them in the disassembly code, but that's hard to wade through sometimes.
No, it does not. I agree though, it would be a pretty neat addition (although it wouldn't serve many functions)! And like you said, you can look in the disassembly code if you are really curious.