Underscore before property name, in setter [duplic

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I wrote a setter method -

- (void)setMyProp:(MyProp *)myProp{
    _myProp = myProp;
}

How is underscore put before property name is working? I know this question has been asked, but they are about user setting property name to _myProp, some convention. I am not synthesizing or changing the property name. How this underscore is working?

Answer 1

If you are using latest version of LLVM, then the compiler creates @synthesize for you with the syntax:

@synthesize myProp=_myProp;

Therefore you are able to use _myprop even though you have not synthesized explicitly.

*SideNote: _myProp makes you access the property directly, while self.myProp will call accessor. Always use self.myProp