I was meaning to imply that if it was called "FirstName" would setFirstName still be called?
I know the convention for naming variables. :) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Jens Alfke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 27 Jun '08, at 9:44 PM, Alex Wait wrote: > > if I have a member, let's say a NSString, called FirstName... >> would the setter still be setFirstName? >> > > Yes. But you shouldn't name the property "FirstName". Property and method > (and instance variable) names should be lowercased. There are some > exceptions made when the name begins with an acronym, most commonly "URL", > that needs to remain uppercase for legibility. > > Honestly, no one reading your code is going to care whether you put braces > at the end of a line or on a new line. But naming conventions are important > and can help or confuse other people (or yourself, a year later) trying to > understand it. > > —Jens -- If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. _______________________________________________ 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]
