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iOS Build a Diary App Using Core Data Understanding Core Data Defining our Data Model

Posted by Jeremy Soles
Jeremy Soles
Courses Plus Student 3,324 Points

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

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Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,159 Points
Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,159 Points

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. :)