Re: Objective-C Instance Variable Names
Re: Objective-C Instance Variable Names
- Subject: Re: Objective-C Instance Variable Names
- From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:41:41 +1000
This is a very silly remark. Why would they laugh? Even if they did,
do I care? No. I usually use mSomeVarName or m_someVarName in my
projects for ivars. I like the 'm', it tells me it's a member. I also
use s_ for statics and g_ for globals. I come from C++ to Cocoa, so
what? Whatever convention you use is not important as long as it's
reasonably consistent and helps you be productive. Telling ivars apart
from other variables by the use of some naming convention is a very
good idea, whether you prefix it with 'm' or whatever is irrelevant.
G.
On 4 Apr 2008, at 4:58 am, Rob Napier wrote:
2. Leading "m" makes you look like a C++ programmer and other ObjC
programmers will laugh at you. You can take that for what it's
worth, but
it's worth keeping in mind if you're going to work on large projects
with
other programmers. "Other ObjC programmers will laugh at you" seems
to be a
common mechanism for keeping large projects sane. Java guys use their
compiler. We use peer pressure. Which you think is a better way to
enforce
good practice will determine whether you are happier as a Java or ObjC
programmer.
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