On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Krinock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008 Dec, 05, at 18:40, Chris Hanson wrote: > >> Dot syntax compiles to objc_msgSend* just like bracket syntax does. >> However, it must see either getter/setter declarations or an @property >> declaration to know what selector to put in the objc_msgSend* that it >> compiles to. > > I understand why this must be so, but it makes the dot syntax difficult to > use in practice. When writing a message, I have to stop and think, "Gee did > I declare that as a property or not?"
What makes you think that. Whether it's a getter called "foo" or a @property called "foo", there is nothing wrong with using obj.foo to call it. > If I'm not sure, and have to click to > my documentation, it's faster to just put in the square brackets. > > Also, it seems to me that that dot syntax makes more fragile code. For > example, say that I declare a 'name' property. Then, next week I decide > that I need a more granular name, so replace this property with a firstName > and lastName property, and a -name accessor which concatenates firstName and > lastName. > > If I had accessed 'name' in other files using the square bracket syntax, > everything is still OK. But if I had accessed it using the dot syntax, I > now have dot abuse. Why do you think that would be "abuse"? (It's not.) -- Clark S. Cox III [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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]
