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Posted by Dan Boyle
Dan Boyle
2,978 Points

Staying DRY with Helper Methods in Ribbit... but no declaration in header file?

I totally understand not repeating yourself.

However, in Ribbit when we created the method reset... or using Xcode to create the method for us, it didn't set the method in the header file. Why?

1 Answer

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points
Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

When we created the reset method, we had no need to declare it in the header file as it was a method that would be used in that implementation of the class only (other classes wouldn't use it externally) However, if other classes were calling it, we'd put it in the header file too.

I talk a little about this in this thread.

Hope this helps!

Dan Boyle
Dan Boyle
2,978 Points

Ahhh.. makes perfect sense. Thanks for answering!