Watch the Ali Ozer video from the other day at wwdc. He covers this very topic.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > > >> On 16 Jun 2016, at 3:45 AM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jun 14, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> @property (readonly) BOOL isFoo; >>> >>> or: >>> >>> @property (readonly, getter=isFoo) BOOL foo; >> >> Are you asking whether it’s better to name a boolean property “foo” or >> “isFoo”? > > > Yes, but for readonly properties only, where there is no setter. > > If the property is ‘isFoo’, then in every situation (such as KVO, or using > dot syntax) I would be using the keypath “isFoo”, and that’s fine, but it’s > inconsistent with other properties that are not readonly, where the > underlying property is ‘foo’, but in some code I’d use ‘isFoo’ and other > times I’d just use ‘foo’. However, if I try and make that consistent, by > having the property ‘foo’ and a custom getter ‘isFoo’, then for a readonly > property it seems a bit redundant. > > I suppose what I’m really asking is what requires the least parsing by a > developer - if I have a mix of styles, then I’m going to have to check every > one to see whether there’s a custom getter or not. Better would be to stick > to one style or the other, so that given a BOOL property, I know immediately > how to use it without further ado. To that end, I think the second form is > the most consistent, at the expense of some redundancy, but perhaps just > naming BOOL properties ‘isXXX’ sidesteps that question altogether, even for > readwrite properties. I can’t decide what is best practice, hence I asked the > question to see what others’ opinions are. > > > ―Graham > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/dangerwillrobinsondanger%40gmail.com > > This email sent to dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
