Question

When I go into xcode try to add a new class with File>New>New File and then adding an Objective C class, my header file winds up looking like this:

@interface Course : NSObject 

@end

instead of what it needs to look like

@interface Course : NSObject {
@private

}
@end

is there any reason for this, I’d really like to have it set up the way that the code snippet does (the second) by default.

Answer 1

Looks like this is normal behavior for Xcode 4.2. The new runtime does not require the creation of instance variables when you use properties.

Old runtime:

@interface Foo : NSObject
{
  NSNumber *myNumber;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *myNumber;
@end;

New runtime:

@interface Foo: NSObject
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *myNumber;
@end;