Re: @property problem

FROM : Melissa J. Turner
DATE : Mon Feb 11 22:27:00 2008

Properties don't allocate storage, they simply provide a mechanism for 
accessing it.

You need to declare your ivar somewhere:

@interface MyWindow : NSWindow
{
   id capturing;
}

+Melissa

On Feb 11, 2008, at 13:14, Randall Meadows wrote:

> So, I'm trying to be a good little Obj-C 2.0 programmer and use 
> these newfangled properties.  Xcode doesn't seem to appreciate my 
> attempts.
>
> I've boiled the problem down to this snippet:
>
> @interface MyWindow : NSWindow
> {
> }
> @property(readwrite) BOOL    capturing;
>
> @end
>
> @implementation MyWindow
>
> @synthesize capturing;
>
> @end
>
> When I compile that, I get the error:
>
> error: synthesized property 'capturing' must either be named the 
> same as a compatible ivar or must explicitly name an ivar
>
> AFAICT, "capturing" IS the name of my ivar.  What is it *really* 
> complaining about?  What did I do wrong?
>
>
> Thanks!
> randy
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