I am familiar in iOS/Objective C. Now I see people using self->property in some cases. How does it differ from self.property? What is the actual need? I googled, no answer. Curious in it.
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It calls for instance variable. Check: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7057934/property-vs-instance-variable for more. – b.zdybowicz Feb 12 '15 at 09:27
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Also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22398609/what-does-property-actually-do-behind-the-scene-with-usage-of-self-and-self?rq=1 – Thilo Feb 12 '15 at 09:28
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self->property is the same as _property, meaning it accesses the ivar directly.
self.property on the other hand calls the setter/getter.
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