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Re: Looking at self = [super init].
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Re: Looking at self = [super init].


  • Subject: Re: Looking at self = [super init].
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:31:58 -0700

> On Jun 2, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Charles Srstka <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Dogs don’t completely lack color vision. Also, calling a person a dog could really come across in a way that you’re not intending.

Sorry, not intended! I was thinking more of “On cocoa-dev, no one knows you’re a dog”.

> Anyway, yes, one could ugly up one’s code with italics and boldface and whatnot, but simply prefixing the ivar name with an underscore is simpler, it prevents accidentally referencing the ivar and/or shadowing it with a local variable, and it’s what Apple recommends. Better all around, if you ask me.

I agree, actually. But in Swift the concept of ivar no longer exists, so I have to rely on color/style to distinguish properties from locals.

—Jens

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