dot syntax vs method syntax with getter=

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I\'m not sure how much use this question is but it seems interesting to me...

I thought that using property/synthesize statements was equivalent to me creating the ge

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However I am still unclear on where the "magic" wiring goes on that turns calls to myClass.on into [myClass isOn]

The logic surely goes as follows, when compiling an obj.name in a getting context:

if(there is an accessible @property for name in scope)
{
   if(there is a custom getter specified)
      compile "[obj customGetter]"
   else
      compile "[obj name]"
}
else if (there is an an accessible instance method name in scope)
   compile "[obj name]"
else
{
   compile "[obj name]"
   warn obj may not respond to name
}

There are other ways a language/execution environment can handle custom getter names, but given that Obj-C puts the declaration in the header (which is public) the above is a good guess as to where the custom getter logic is performed - when compiling the call site.