On 1/31/06, Andrew Thompson <email@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for the code! That helps. I have a question though, I noticed
> in your library you preceded each variable with an underscore. I
> assume this is so that classes inheriting from NSHiperLink will not
> conflict by using variables with the same name.
The use of underscore as a prefix for instance variables is not really
the best naming scheme to use, for one Apple reserves the use of
underscore for their own.
"Do not use the underscore character as a prefix meaning that the
instance variable is private. Apple reserves the use of this
convention because its use by third parties could result in name-space
collisions. See "Private Methods" for a suggestion on prefixes for
private API." -
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/NamingIvarsAndTypes.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001284>
> My question is, couldn't you acheive the same result by making them private?
No, making them private doesn't put them in a separate namespace.
-Shawn
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