On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Andy Lee <ag...@mac.com> wrote: > I think it's subject to the same criticisms as *any* direct access to ivars, > although I agree it feels sketchier when done in plain C for some reason.
Yes. Because what is the point of plain C functions in Objective-C files? Local helpers that are not OOP, and do not go through method dispatch overhead. To turn around and inject direct access to ivars in those is really mixing metaphors. > Which reminds me... instance methods can also directly access the ivars of > *other* instances of the same class. Now, *that* I knew. I'm sorry senator, I cannot recall if I ever did such a thing. But I knew it was possible ;-) -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice _______________________________________________ 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
