Hey there,
I had a few questions about selectively suppressing a certain warning
in Xcode. I personally find the warning which pertains to local
variables hiding instance variables a real nuisance. For example, if
you have a message signature with a parameter name which matches an
variables hiding instance variables a real nuisance. For example, if
you have a message signature with a parameter name which matches an
instance variable name, and the compiler produces the following
message:
warning: local declaration of 'variable name' hides instance
variable
What
Hi Brad,
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Brad O'Hearne
br...@bighillsoftware.com wrote:
I had a few questions about selectively suppressing a certain warning in
Xcode. I personally find the warning which pertains to local variables
hiding instance variables a real nuisance. For example, if
On Apr 5, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Brad O'Hearne wrote:
1. I get the gist of trying to prevent developers from accidentally
hiding variables -- but is this really a major problem? Other than
this, is there a compelling reason to keep this warning in tact, and
change variable parameter variable
All,
Thanks for the advice. I everyone on the one extra line of defense
rationale. I've worked in languages other than Objective C for years
where using variable hiding is common practice, not flagged by the
compiler. But you are right, that is only safe for developers who
NEVER make a
On 06/04/2009, at 11:06 AM, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
2. How do you get Xcode to not produce this warning?
Don't. You'll thank yourself for not doing so after spending a few
hours wondering why an iVar didn't get updated only to find that a
parameter hid the iVar.
Given that good advice
