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Re: Objective C language [NEWBEE QUESTIONS]
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Re: Objective C language [NEWBEE QUESTIONS]


  • Subject: Re: Objective C language [NEWBEE QUESTIONS]
  • From: John Randolph <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:44:12 -0800

On Jan 30, 2004, at 8:30 AM, lbland wrote:

On Jan 30, 2004, at 8:46 AM, Philip Mvtteli wrote:

There's no support at the language level. But just don't declare them in the header file.

warning: hidden name clashing ahead, many mysterious headaches in gdb ...

Some people add a underscore prefix for private methods:

_setVariable:

Let me give an official "don't do that!" from Apple DTS here. Preceding your method names with a single underscore gives you a very high risk of a conflict with a private AppKit API.

-jcr


John C. Randolph <email@hidden> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Cocoa Software Engineer,
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
http://developer.apple.com/cocoa/index.html
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