Re: Understanding the "declaration of instance variables in the interface is deprecated" warning.
Re: Understanding the "declaration of instance variables in the interface is deprecated" warning.
- Subject: Re: Understanding the "declaration of instance variables in the interface is deprecated" warning.
- From: Mark Wright <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:13:10 +0100
> On 03 Jun 2015, at 16:27, Bernard Desgraupes <email@hidden> wrote:
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> What about the @property declarations in the new scheme ?
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>
I’m not sure what you’re asking, @properties are a big part of the 'new way'…
This is not about properties though, just about the notion of moving ivars out of the class @interface and (if still needed) into the @implementation or class extension. There’s a clang warning that can be enabled to help you if desired: -Wobjc-interface-ivars
>
> Le 3 juin 2015 à 17:15, Mark Wright <email@hidden> a écrit :
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>> Sorry, yes, I misread the initial paragraph that mentions the @implementation block. I actually meant implementation *file* since that’s typically where the class extension @interface is declared (it extends the class internally).
>>
>> However, as you’ve surmised, all this talk of clang warnings regarding this is directly related to the primary *class interface* which is typically declared in the header file. This is the class interface:
>>
>> @interface SubClass : ParentClass
>> ….
>> @end
>>
>> The idea is to end the old ways of declaring ivars in the header and move them into the implementation where they belong (they’re private to the class).
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>>
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>>> On 03 Jun 2015, at 16:02, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2015, at 10:41 AM, David Duncan wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are 3 ways to add ivars to a class. The traditional way:
>>>>
>>>> @interface Foo {
>>>> id _bar;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> And 2 new ways:
>>>>
>>>> @interface Foo() { // Class extension, note the ()
>>>> id _baz;
>>>> }
>>>
>>> Ahhhhhhh. Completely missed that. Haven't seen it explained that clearly in a morning of surfing.
>>>
>>> So, running a quick test using the clang pragma for -Wobjc-interface-ivars, in both the .h and .m files of a class this clarifies the Apple and Clang documentation quite a bit.
>>>
>>> In the 3 cases you outlined for declaring iVars, Clang ONLY warns about declaring the ivars within the @interface parens of @interface which is generally within the header file.
>>>
>>> Both other cases (the two new ways of class extension, @interface stuff() {} and @implementation stuff {} ) do not upset Clang at all.
>>>
>>> So, generally, the rule comes down to "don't declare ivars within the @interface that is probably within your .h file but if you need to (you should use properties instead), you can within the class extension and @implementation."
>>>
>>> Does this sound like a proper explanation?
>>>
>>> Thanks much, David.
>>>
>>>
>>>> @implementation Foo { // Implementation block.
>>>> id _faz;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Jun 3, 2015, at 7:32 AM, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe I should have included the text above it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "It's also possible to use a class extension to add custom instance variables. These are declared inside braces in the class extension interface."
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I don't know how you see that it goes in the @implementation block since the code I pasted and the line above it say it goes in the @interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Page 73 of
>>>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 3, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Mark Wright wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That’s a ‘Class Extension’. Furthermore, it’s under the title "Class Extensions Extend the Internal Implementation”. It also mentions that it goes in the @implementation block…
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03 Jun 2015, at 15:11, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apple's Programming with Objective-C reference document © 2014
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC.pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Page 73
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @interface XYZPerson () {
>>>>>>> id _someCustomInstanceVariable;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> @end
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Uhhhhhh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doesn't this violate Clang's own mention that "declaration of instance variables in the interface is deprecated" in Apple's own recommendations and documentation?
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>>>> David Duncan
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