Objective-C convention to prevent “local declaration hides instance variable” warning

Question

I am using the following code ...

-(id) initWithVariableName:(NSString*)variableName withComparisonValue:(NSString*)comparisonValue {

    // super init
             


        

Answer 1

If you are using local instance variable name same as global instance variable name then this warning occur.

First Methode: For ignoring this warning use have to change local instance variable name or else change the global instance variable name.

Second Methode: if you want to use global variable then call as self->variableName

-(id) initWithVariableName:(NSString*)variableName withComparisonValue:(NSString*)comparisonValue {

    // super init
    self = [super init];
    if (!self) return nil;

    // set instance variables
    self->variableName = variableName; //point to global variableName
    self->comparisonValue = comparisonValue; //point to global comparisonValue

    return self;
}