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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T12:38:19+00:00 2026-05-24T12:38:19+00:00

As i am following the book on Objective-C, i, my mistake ran into duplicate

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As i am following the book on Objective-C, i, my mistake ran into
duplicate symbol _OBJC_METACLASS_$_ClassName error, which was quickly resolved once i realized i imported the .m file instead of intended .h.

This got me thinking:

  • In Objective-C, would you ever import a non header file like .m?
  • Is there a reason Xcode suggests both options (.h and .m) as part of it’s autocomplete?
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    2026-05-24T12:38:21+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 12:38 pm

    As you can see #import will just replace the import with contents of the file imported. The reason why XCode offers the .m file as part of its autocomplete is because it just grabs every file in the directory to populate the list. A header file could have any extension other than .h but would confuse developers as to its purpose.

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