Re: WWDC
Re: WWDC
- Subject: Re: WWDC
- From: Conrad Shultz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:08:34 -0700
On 4/25/12 3:44 PM, koko wrote:
>
> On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Mikkel Islay wrote:
>
>> the NSConference
>
> Violation … only Apple can use the NS prefix !
Do you understand *why* everyone was making a big deal about your choice
of prefix? It's not because people here derive satisfaction from
enforcing Apple's guidelines or documentation notes.
Apple actually reserves ALL two letter prefixes (don't have the doc link
handy, but trust me that this is the case). In addition to NS, some
others that they use: UI, CT, SK, MF, CI, CT, CM come to mind.
The main reason for this reservation is to prevent collision of a class
that might be furnished in a future SDK with your classes. By choosing
to use a two-letter prefix you are creating the possibility that some OS
update, for example, will suddenly break your application.
The same logic applies to prefixing method names in categories. Doubly
so for root classes. For example, in a category on NSObject, instead of
writing
-performBlock:afterDelay:
I opted to use:
-SQS_performBlock:afterDelay:
(Because of course Apple would *never* add a -performBlock:afterDelay:
method.)
--
Conrad Shultz
Synthetiq Solutions
www.synthetiqsolutions.com
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| | >WWDC (From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Nathan Sims <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Ravi Singh <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Mikkel Islay <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Vincent Habchi <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Mikkel Islay <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: koko <email@hidden>) |