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iOS Build a Playlist Browser with Swift Building the Music Library and Playlist Models Struct Initialization

Shintaro Fukagawa
Shintaro Fukagawa
3,339 Points
Posted by Shintaro Fukagawa
Shintaro Fukagawa
3,339 Points

why arent we using self. to initialize the properties?

when we use init to initialize the stored properties, why aren't we using "self."?

1 Answer

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
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This Stack Overflow post answers why using accessor methods in init methods is a bad idea. Using accessor methods will trigger KVO (Key-Value Observing), amongst other things. Also, Apple doesn't recommend it (they even have a section for this very topic in one of their programming guides saying you shouldn't do it).

Shintaro Fukagawa
Shintaro Fukagawa
3,339 Points
Shintaro Fukagawa
Shintaro Fukagawa
3,339 Points

thanks for the information! I'll have a read