From 5f84ceace671185ea8d823f587a26739ca07f92f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arslaan Pathan <arslaan@arslaancodes.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 21:30:02 +1300
Subject: retain/release lifecycle stuff

---
 include/Paradox/Object.h |  3 +++
 src/Object.m             | 13 +++++++++++++
 tests/Object.m           | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/Paradox/Object.h b/include/Paradox/Object.h
index 2ca6392..87b93f5 100644
--- a/include/Paradox/Object.h
+++ b/include/Paradox/Object.h
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 }
 + (instancetype)alloc;
 + (instancetype)allocDebug;
++ (instancetype)new;
+- (instancetype)retain;
 - (instancetype)init;
 - (void)dealloc;
+- (void)release;
 @end
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Object.m b/src/Object.m
index 71a2a7d..7b26bf8 100644
--- a/src/Object.m
+++ b/src/Object.m
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <Paradox/Object.h>
 #include <objc/objc.h>
 #include <objc/runtime.h>
+#include <objc/objc-arc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 @implementation PXObject 
@@ -21,6 +22,18 @@
 	return object;
 }
 
++ (instancetype) new {
+	return [[self alloc] init];
+}
+
+- (instancetype) retain {
+	return objc_retain_fast_np(self);
+}
+
+- (void) release {
+	objc_release_fast_np(self);
+}
+
 - (instancetype)init {
 	return self;
 }
diff --git a/tests/Object.m b/tests/Object.m
index be81b1d..2814489 100644
--- a/tests/Object.m
+++ b/tests/Object.m
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 int main(void) {
-	printf("PXObject test\n");
+	printf("PXObject test (allocDebug)\n");
 
 	PXObject *object = [PXObject allocDebug];
 
@@ -18,9 +18,31 @@ int main(void) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	[object dealloc];
+	[object release];
 
-	printf("If you got this far without segfaulting or crashing it means it allocated and initialized a PXObject, then deallocated it. Yayayayayay\n");
+	printf("If you got this far without segfaulting or crashing it means it allocated and initialized a PXObject, then released it. Yay!\n");
+
+	printf("\nPXObject two-owner test (new)\n");
+
+	PXObject *object1 = [PXObject new];
+	PXObject *object2 = [object1 retain];
+
+	printf("object1 reference: %p\n", (void*)object1);
+	[object1 release];
+	printf("object1 released\n");
+	
+	printf("attempting retain on object2\n");
+	PXObject *object3 = [object2 retain];
+
+	printf("object2 reference: %p\n", (void*)object2);
+	[object2 release];
+	printf("object2 released\n");
+
+	printf("object3 reference: %p\n", (void*)object3);
+	[object3 release];
+	printf("object3 released\n");
+
+	printf("test complete\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
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