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Asked: 2026-06-09T04:43:42+00:00

when defining a Person class with ARC, should i use self.fullname or just fullname

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when defining a Person class with ARC,

  1. should i use self.fullname or just fullname in the initializer?
  2. if i use fullname will the passed strings be retained?
  3. if i use self.fullname i must define a setter or a property? should i use strong?

Person class initializer

coming from a pre ARC way of thinking, i’m trying to wrap my head around the changes ARC suggests.

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    1. With ARC, these behave the same way, except that self.fullname will pass through the setter. The default setter will give you KVO-compliance. But otherwise, there is no difference.
    2. Yes they will, if the pointers have been declared strong.
    3. To use self.fullname = ... you must define a setter. For NSStrings and other classes which have mutable variants, it is usually recommended to use (copy).
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