Should @synthesize be used still?

Question

I\'m just wondering if @synthesize should still be used even though Xcode does it automatically for properties, simply because it\'s been done that way for so long? Or does

Answer 1

If you are ok with your ivar being synthesized with _propertyName you can safely get rid of the synthesize statements. If you want your ivar to be named something else, you need to include it like so

@synthesize propertyName = ________cool_ivar_name