Objective-C 2: counterproductive property attribute warnings

Originator:jens.ayton
Number:rdar://6588319 Date Originated:2009-02-14
Status:Duplicate/7049802 Resolved:
Product:Developer tools Product Version:Xcode tools 3.0 and later
Classification:Other bug Reproducible:Always
 
Consider the following code:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface Foo: NSObject {
   id bar;
}
@property (readonly) id bar;
@end

@interface Foo ()
@property (readwrite, retain) id bar;
@end

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
   return 0;
}

It generates the following warning for the second @property line:
“warning: property 'bar' attribute in 'Foo' class continuation does not match class 'Foo' property”

Adding “retain” to the first property declaration squelches the warning.

While there are obviously cases where this is a useful warning, I contend that this is not one of them. As far as I can see attributes retain, copy and assign are not relevant to getters, and should therefore not need to be specified in the public interface.

[Comments regarding beta iPhone SDKs redacted]

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