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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        wx/cocoa/autorelease.h
+// Purpose:     Automatic NSAutoreleasePool functionality
+// Author:      David Elliott
+// Modified by: 
+// Created:     2003/07/11
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   (c) 2003 David Elliott <dfe@cox.net>
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef __WX_COCOA_AUTORELEASE_H__
+#define __WX_COCOA_AUTORELEASE_H__
+
+#import <Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h>
+
+class wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool
+{
+public:
+    wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool()
+    {
+        m_pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+    }
+    ~wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool()
+    {
+        [m_pool release];
+    }
+protected:
+    NSAutoreleasePool *m_pool;
+};
+
+#endif //__WX_COCOA_AUTORELEASE_H__