Singleton objective c clarification
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as I continue my studies the book implemented a singleton. 
I understood the reason why use it but I just wanted some clarification regarding the code.

    + (BNRItemStore *)defaultStore
    {
        static BNRItemStore *defaultStore = nil;
        if(!defaultStore)
            defaultStore = [[super allocWithZone:nil] init];
            
        return defaultStore;
    }

In the line `static BNRItemStore * defaultStore = nil;` until the return statement.
My question is; all the time that I call this class, `[[BNRItemStore defaultStore] someMethod];` in another class or part of the app, the defaultStore variable will be set to nil?

Cheers