Re: Unique Category Names?
Re: Unique Category Names?
- Subject: Re: Unique Category Names?
- From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:52:42 -0500
On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Jonathon Mah wrote:
Quick question: I get the feeling from doing some 'Net searches that
category names should be unique, but haven't found a definitive
source. Is this true? If so, why?
Having unique names will allow you to avoid any potential collisions.
For my own needs, I put category names into three groups:
(1) Private methods in my own classes. Here, the category name is
simply "Private"
(2) Categories on Apple's classes (e.g. NSString). Here, I prefix the
Category with my two-character prefix of "II"
(3) Public categories on my own classes. While the two-character
prefix isn't needed here (since I'm the only user of these classes), I
still use the prefix for consistency sake. Plus, if I ever push these
classes into a framework consumable by others, that will help remove
any potential collisions. Rule would be that the developer prefix
their own category names appropriately.
So while I can break things down in three groups, I currently apply two
different rules.
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