You're missing an @synthesize privateData = _privateData; in your 
@implementation, would be my guess.


On Aug 20, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote:
> Trying to convert an older project to Arc, Xcode complains about "Use of 
> undeclared identifier '_privateDate'".
> And threatens that nothing will be done unless I fix this first.
> 
> Well - for one: without Arc there are no undeclared identifiers. (Builds 
> without error or warnings).
> 
> The class with problems looks like:
> 
> @interface SomeClass( )
> 
> @property (strong) NSDate *privateDate;
> 
> @end
> 
> 
> @implementation SomeClass
> 
> - (id)initAt:(NSDate *)someDate ;
> {
>       self = [ super init ];
>       if ( self == nil ) return nil;
>       
>       _privateDate = [ someDate retain ];
>       
>       return self ;
> }
> 
> ... some other stuff omitted ...
> 
> @end
> 
> I always thought that using accessors (like self.privateDate) in init methods 
> was NOT a good idea, because at this point the thing might not be completely 
> initialised and functional, so one had better use _privateDate directly.
> And the accessor methods like setPrivateDate: might rely on a completely 
> functional object.
> 
> Is this correct? 
> 
> How to placate Xcode?
> 
> Gerriet.
> 
> 
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