On May 4, 2011, at 8:17 AM, glenn andreas wrote: > On May 4, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Steve Christensen wrote: > >> I'm working on an app that uses a tab bar. I created a new nib to set up a >> view+controller and added a new tab item to the main nib that references the >> controller and the controller's nib, plus I filled in some basic >> functionality in the view controller. Since it's relevant, the controller's >> IBOutlets are >> >> IBOutlet MyTableView* _resultsTable; >> IBOutlet UIActivityIndicatorView* _searchActivityIndicator; >> IBOutlet UISearchBar* _searchBar; > > First step: Don't prepend your ivars with underscores. > > From > <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/NamingBasics.html>, > and I quote: > > " • Avoid the use of the underscore character as a prefix meaning > private, especially in methods. Apple reserves the use of this convention. > Use by third parties could result in name-space collisions; they might > unwittingly override an existing private method with one of their own, with > disastrous consequence." > > You may be seeing one of those "disastrous consequences"
I did think about that. I renamed the ivars to something completely different, rewired the xib and tried it out with no difference in behavior. _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
