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. > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/witness.of.teachtext%40gmx.net > > This email sent to witness.of.teacht...@gmx.net Cheers, -- Uli Kusterer "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." http://www.zathras.de _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com