Question

This simple question is bugging me. Are getters the same for

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *name
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *name 

- (NSString*) name{
    return name;    
}

Answer 1

Yes, as the other answers state, the getters are the same. The options retain, copy, and assign determine how to generate setters, but not the names even of those.

If you want to use a different getter name, for instance if you have a BOOL such as the UIApplication property idleTimerDisabled, then you do this by specifically assigned the getter name:

@property(nonatomic, getter=isIdleTimerDisabled) BOOL idleTimerDisabled

Without an override such as this, the getter name is always the property name.