These lines are both in the implementation file above the @implementation declaration.
NSString * const aVar = @"aVarStringValue";
static NSString *aVar = @"aVarStringValue";
As far as I understand, the second static is allocated once only within the lifetime of the application and this fact contributes to performance.
But does this mean it is essentially a memory leak seeing as that block of memory will never be released?
And does the first const declaration get allocated every time it is accessed in contrast?