Performance difference between dot notation versus method call in Objective-C

Question

You can use a standard dot notation or a method call in Objective-C to access a property of an object in Objective-C.

myObject.property = YES;

Answer 1

Check out article from Cocoa is My Girlfriend. The gist of it, is that there is no performance penalty of using one over the other.

However, the notation does make it more difficult to see what is happening with your variables and what your variables are.