Re: WWDC
Re: WWDC
- Subject: Re: WWDC
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:13:51 -0700
On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Conrad Shultz wrote:
> 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.
They also use some three-letter prefixes, like DOM and Web. So there's really no safety here.
>
> 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.)
The real solution to this problem is true namespaces instead of the ad-hoc prefixing we currently abuse: http://www.optshiftk.com/2012/04/draft-proposal-for-namespaces-in-objective-c/
--Kyle Sluder
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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>) |
| | >Re: WWDC (From: Conrad Shultz <email@hidden>) |