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ARCUtil.h
// You shouldn't normally want these, but if you are debugging or working on dark magic,
// here is how you can call retain/release/retainCount in ARC
// From http://stackoverflow.com/a/15707096
#define ARCRetain(...) { void *retainedThing = (__bridge_retained void *)__VA_ARGS__; retainedThing = retainedThing; }
#define ARCRelease(...) { void *retainedThing = (__bridge void *) __VA_ARGS__; id unretainedThing = (__bridge_transfer id)retainedThing; unretainedThing = nil; }
// From http://stackoverflow.com/a/8963645
#define ARCRetainCount(obj) CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)NSApp)
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