Re: How far with accessors?
Re: How far with accessors?
- Subject: Re: How far with accessors?
- From: Jeff Biggus <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:36:57 -0500
On May 26, 2004, at 6:27 PM, cricket wrote:
[self setTheString:nil] will release the object and nil out the
instance variable in one swell foop. That's why it's a nice way to do
it.
But as far as coding style goes, it seems much less clear what is
happening,
and could cause troubles down the line.
[self setTheString:nil] implies that theString exists and that its
*value* is being set to nil.
However, [theString release] is clearly releasing the *object*.
It also seems to requires assumptions made about the setter's internal
code,
which the act of releasing an object should be oblivious to.
(One should be able to freely rework setter methods without thinking
about how
someone might be using them to deallocate objects.)
Perhaps this is bordering on complete triviality, but it seems poor
style
and creates more message passing than is necessary.
-jeff
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