> On Jun 2, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Charles Srstka <cocoa...@charlessoft.com> wrote:
> 
> Dogs don’t completely lack color vision. Also, calling a person a dog could 
> really come across in a way that you’re not intending.

Sorry, not intended! I was thinking more of “On cocoa-dev, no one knows you’re 
a dog”.

> Anyway, yes, one could ugly up one’s code with italics and boldface and 
> whatnot, but simply prefixing the ivar name with an underscore is simpler, it 
> prevents accidentally referencing the ivar and/or shadowing it with a local 
> variable, and it’s what Apple recommends. Better all around, if you ask me.

I agree, actually. But in Swift the concept of ivar no longer exists, so I have 
to rely on color/style to distinguish properties from locals.

—Jens

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