Releasing NSMutableArray not affecting the count of elements in the array
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Could someone explain to me the following result?

    //generate an array with 4 objects
    NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:
                             [NSNumber numberWithInt:1],
                             [NSNumber numberWithInt:2],
                             [NSNumber numberWithInt:3],
                             [NSNumber numberWithInt:4],
                             nil];
    //release the array    
    [array release];
    
    //get a count of the number of elements in the array
    int count = [array count]; <---  count returns 4

Should my count not be zero?  Does 'release' not remove all elements from the array?