Re: Objective-C & Private functions
Re: Objective-C & Private functions
- Subject: Re: Objective-C & Private functions
- From: Clark Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:29:32 -0500
On 2004/02/08, at 13:59, Peter Fischer wrote:
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Hello -
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Is there any way to create private "Helper" functions in
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objective-C? I have not been able to find any information on function
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scoping within a .h file. Obviously, a function can be declared &
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implemented in the .m file, making it somewhat private. However, the
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functions pretty much need to be implemented at the top of the .m file
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so that other functions can see them. Is there a way to declare
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private functions in the .h file, or at the very least, forward
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declare them at the top of a .m file, and provide implementation
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further down in the .m. Thanks for any help in advance.
You can forward declare the functions in the .m file exactly as you
would in the .h file, there is no difference in syntax. Also, if the
function is only to be called from that specific file, it's a good idea
to declare it static, like so:
static void foo(blah);
--
Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/blog/B1196589870/index.html
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