On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Andreas Mayer <andr...@harmless.de> wrote: > > Am 03.10.2011 um 16:14 schrieb John Tsombakos: > >> audioPlayer = [self getSoundFile:"soundfile.wav"]; >> ... >> >> in getSoundFile routine: >> AVAudioPlayer *snd; >> ... >> snd = [[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&error] > > The question was already answered, but I wanted to point out that the method > (not 'routine') name is misleading. > > a) In Cocoa the get prefix is used when values are returned indirectly by > pointer. > Ex. - (void)getRed:(CGFloat *)red green:(CGFloat *)green blue:(CGFloat > *)blue alpha:(CGFloat *)alpha > b) You don't return a sound file, you return an audio player. > > So I would recommend to name the method something like -audioPlayerWithFile: > or -audioPlayerNamed: > > Naming conventions are important in Cocoa. Following them makes your code > much more readable.
Yeah, this was typed in the email, so I just typed something to show that I had a method that returned the audio player. That's what I get for being quick :) Thanks, though.. _______________________________________________ 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
