Does removeFromParent on SKNode destroy an instance?

Question

Reading Apple documentation about removeFromParent says:

"Removes the receiving node from its parent."

Does this mean that the node is destroyed? Does node need to be set to NULL to free its memory?

Answer 1

An object (with ARC) is freed if there is no strong reference to it. A node, which is a child, is a strong link; deleting a node usually frees the node if it does not have a reference to it.

You can easily verify this by implementing -(void) deallocand setting the breakpoint operator or in it NSLog.