Index: src/OFConstString.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFConstString.m
+++ src/OFConstString.m
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@
 - retain
 {
 	return self;
 }
 
-- (void)release
+- release
 {
+	return self;
 }
 
 - (size_t)retainCount
 {
 	return 1;

Index: src/OFObject.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.h
+++ src/OFObject.h
@@ -196,12 +196,12 @@
 - (size_t)retainCount;
 
 /**
  * Decreases the retain cound and frees the object if it reaches 0.
  */
-- (void)release;
+- release;
 
 /**
  * Frees the object and also frees all memory allocated via its memory pool.
  */
 - free;
 @end

Index: src/OFObject.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.m
+++ src/OFObject.m
@@ -383,14 +383,16 @@
 - (size_t)retainCount
 {
 	return PRE_IVAR->retain_count;
 }
 
-- (void)release
+- release
 {
 	if (!--PRE_IVAR->retain_count)
-		[self free];
+		return [self free];
+
+	return self;
 }
 
 - free
 {
 	void **iter = PRE_IVAR->memchunks + PRE_IVAR->memchunks_size;