Hi all, I have a problem with property synthesis in my code, which I hope somebody can advise on. I find I have to write different property synthesis code for 32- or 64-bit builds in order to avoid compiler errors.
A minimal demonstration of the problem can be found below - build as part of a fresh project on Xcode 5 or 6, with ARC disabled. It surprises me that I have to write different synthesis code for 32- or 64-bit builds - and this then makes me worry that I am doing something more fundamentally wrong. Can anyone comment (or explain)? [I appreciate that this code may be old-fashioned in style - I am not even sure what is or is not the recommended style these days. It seems to work though - and, importantly, as far as I can tell the synthesized property myFlag on MutableSettings *does* map to the same backing variable, even on a 64-bit build where I am not able to specify the backing variable in the synthesis statement] Cheers Jonny @interface ImmutableSettings : NSObject { BOOL _myFlag; } @property (readonly) BOOL myFlag; @end @interface MutableSettings : ImmutableSettings @property (readwrite) BOOL myFlag; @end @implementation ImmutableSettings -(id)init { if (!(self = [super init])) return nil; _myFlag = true; return self; } @synthesize myFlag = _myFlag; @end @implementation MutableSettings // This is very odd - I get errors on 64-bit builds if I specify a backing variable for synthesis, // but I get errors on 32-bit builds if I *don't* specify a backing variable!? #if defined(__x86_64__) // On 32-bit builds I get an error here: // "Synthesized property 'myFlag' must either be named the same as a compatible instance variable or must explicitly name an instance variable" @synthesize myFlag; #else // On 64-bit builds I get an error here: // "Property 'myFlag' attempting to use instance variable '_myFlag' declared in super class 'ImmutableSettings'" @synthesize myFlag = _myFlag; #endif @end _______________________________________________ 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