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According to Apple's documentation isn't using two letter prefixes for nameSpacing is reserved for Apple only?

I noticed the teacher was using two letter prefixes for name spacing his classes. Technically isn't that only reserved for Apple use only?

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSXML_Concepts/Articles/AttributesNamespaces.html

1 Answer

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
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It would only be a problem if you were trying to publish a public framework I'd imagine. Anything you keep to yourself inside your own code should be ok. :)