I've been always stumbling on the embarrassment of "warning: local declaration of 'xxx' hides instance variable" for my init methods, because I really can't figure out a nice naming pattern for parameters used to assign to instance properties, and I am always apt to write code like this: - (id)initWithURL:(NSString *)url title:(NSString *)title tags:(NSString *)tags note:(NSString *)note time:(NSString *)time count:(NSUInteger)count since it is most natural(to me). Then I just see XCode spew out lots of annoying warnings like these: Line Location Post.m:28: warning: local declaration of 'url' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:28: warning: local declaration of 'url' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:29: warning: local declaration of 'title' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:29: warning: local declaration of 'title' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:32: warning: local declaration of 'time' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:32: warning: local declaration of 'time' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:30: warning: local declaration of 'tags' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:30: warning: local declaration of 'tags' hides instance variable
Even though I then follow the general naming rules to prepend an indefinite article to each singular noun, I still have those plural nouns sitting there, which now looks this: - (id)initWithURL:(NSString *)aUrl title:(NSString *)aTitle tags:(NSString *)tags note:(NSString *)aNote time:(NSString *)aTime count:(NSUInteger)aCount Set aside the oddness of aTime and aCount, my XCode still complain: Line Location Post.m:30: warning: local declaration of 'tags' hides instance variable Line Location Post.m:30: warning: local declaration of 'tags' hides instance variable Am I supposed to use something like aGroupOfTags instead of just tags? _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
