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How does ARC lead to retain cycles?

Updated May 6, 2026

Short answer

Retain cycles occur when two objects strongly reference each other.

Deep explanation

ARC cannot deallocate objects involved in circular strong references. Common cases include closures capturing self and delegate relationships without weak references.

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