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[AppKit] Try to make NSWindow.ReleasedWhenClosed work. Fixes #8606. #17105

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NSWindow.ReleasedWhenClosed is a rather annoying API, because it interferes with
reference counting. In effect it behaves kind of like autoreleasing does, except
that the object (window) is released at a different time (when the window is closed,
as opposed to when the autorelease pool drains).

We've tried to fix this in the past in several ways:

  • Forcefully disable ReleasedWhenClosed in all the constructors, and if it's set
    in the Close method, then add an extra Retain call to offset the imminent extra
    release. The unfortunate side-effect is that we also call Dispose, which might
    be too early (see IsKeyWindow called on disposed window & Releasing window w/wo default delegate #8606).

  • Rewrite the code to correctly override the native 'close' method, so we get the
    supposedly correct semantics (our special Close code is called) when the window
    is closed by Objective-C (for instance when the user hits the red X to close the
    window). This doesn't really solve the previous problem (we're calling Dispose
    too early), and it doesn't work for non-subclassed NSWindows (see [appkit] Allow ObjC calls into NSWindow.Close #8717).

So I'm trying another approach: track the value of ReleasedWhenClosed, and call Retain/Release
when the value switches between true/false. This way we don't need any special logic
in the Close method.

I've also:

  • Marked the ReleasedWhenClosed property as obsolete, and added a DangerousReleasedWhenClosed
    property, to match how we bind the other reference counting methods (retain ->
    DangerousRetain, release -> DangerousRelease, etc.).

  • Added a ReleaseWhenClosed(bool) method, to be called instead of the ReleasedWhenClosed
    property, and this method will call DangerousRetain/DangerousRelease as described
    above when the ReleasedWhenClosed property changes value.

This new tracking behavior is opt-in for now, but will become opt-out in .NET 9,
and hopefully we'll be able to make it the only behavior at some point (in .NET 10
maybe?).

Fixes #8606.
Fixes #8607.

Ref: #8717.

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[AppKit] Try to make NSWindow.ReleasedWhenClosed work. Fixes dotnet#8606
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NSWindow.ReleasedWhenClosed is a rather annoying API, because it interferes with
reference counting. In effect it behaves kind of like autoreleasing does, except
that the object (window) is released at a different time (when the window is closed,
as opposed to when the autorelease pool drains).

We've tried to fix this in the past in several ways:

* Forcefully disable ReleasedWhenClosed in all the constructors, and if it's set
  in the Close method, then add an extra Retain call to offset the imminent extra
  release. The unfortunate side-effect is that we also call Dispose, which might
  be too early (see dotnet#8606).

* Rewrite the code to correctly override the native 'close' method, so we get the
  supposedly correct semantics (our special Close code is called) when the window
  is closed by Objective-C (for instance when the user hits the red X to close the
  window). This doesn't really solve the previous problem (we're calling Dispose
  too early), and it doesn't work for non-subclassed NSWindows (see dotnet#8717).

So I'm trying another approach: track the value of ReleasedWhenClosed, and call Retain/Release
when the value switches between true/false. This way we don't need any special logic
in the Close method.

I've also:

* Marked the ReleasedWhenClosed property as obsolete, and added a DangerousReleasedWhenClosed
  property, to match how we bind the other reference counting methods (retain ->
  DangerousRetain, release -> DangerousRelease, etc.).

* Added a ReleaseWhenClosed(bool) method, to be called instead of the ReleasedWhenClosed
  property, and this method will call DangerousRetain/DangerousRelease as described
  above when the ReleasedWhenClosed property changes value.

This new tracking behavior is opt-in for now, but will become opt-out in .NET 9,
and hopefully we'll be able to make it the only behavior at some point (in .NET 10
maybe?).

Fixes dotnet#8606.

Ref: dotnet#8717.
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