Question

I’ve tried the following sample code:

    #import "Foundation/Foundation.h"

    @interface example
    {
        @public NSString* name;
    }
    @end

    @implementation example @end

    int main()
    {
        example* me;
        me->name = @"World";
    }

And it appears my code hates me at this point. I do understand how much of a bad idea it is to make a field public, but I’m not sure why I’m getting an error at that last line in main().

Answer 1

You’re not allocating or initializing your me variable. You probably want to inherit from NSObject and then use this:

example *me = [[example alloc] init]

At the very least you need to alloc it.