On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
> 
> On Sep 28, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Ricky Sharp wrote:
> 
>> Why do you need to use the exact name of "private"?  
> 
> Because the object in question has a "private" state.
> 
>> You should never name things using reserved words.
> 
> But it's not a reserved word in Objective-C. "@private" is, "private" is not.


Objective-C != Objective-C++

And it is a reserved word in Objective-C++.

In addition, even if it were just Objective-C, it is still not generally good 
practice to use C++ reserved words (class, private, etc.). 

-- 
Dave Carrigan
d...@rudedog.org
Seattle, WA, USA

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