On Sep 28, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:

> Okay, I tried searching, and didn't find anything pertinent...
> 
> How do I create a property for a class named "private" and not have the 
> Objective-C++ compiler trip on it?
> 
> Here's what I first tried:
> 
> @property(assign,getter=isPrivate) BOOL private;
> 
> That @property declaration works just fine when compiling Objective-C code, 
> but when the header is imported into Objective-C++ code, I get the following 
> error twice:
> error: expected unqualified-id before 'private'
> 
> I know the word "private" is used as a keyword in C++ to mark the private 
> section of a class. So I tried rephrasing that property declaration to try 
> and get the compiler to treat the word "private" as a property name and not 
> as a C++ keyword. I thought this might work:


Why do you need to use the exact name of "private"?  You should never name 
things using reserved words.

How about simply adding a suffix or prefix?

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