arrayCount should be named something else

[franklau12]

Is it possible to change this line:
NSInteger arrayCount = [self.array count];

to either
NSInteger names = self.names.count, or NSInteger names = [self.names count]

This is because I've seen a lot of inexperienced developers use array when naming an array, even though they should name using as high level of abstraction as possible (i.e. instead of nameArray, they should use names). And I think your style guide has a big influence within the Objective-C community.

Thanks

[funkyboy]

Maybe you mean

NSInteger namesCount = ...

?

[gregheo]

I'd call the array names and the counter nameCount but otherwise that makes sense to me.

The bigger point is count was a method and not a property in the old days, but we should switch to self.names.count. Perhaps we have Swift to thank for turning such things into properties in the modern runtime!

[franklau12]

Thanks for the quick reply guys, I did mean nameCount or numNames, sorry :(
Yes, Thanks for pointing that out, Greg. self.name.count would be better
since count is a property

[franklau12]

Could we do it this way. Since count is now a property, it'd be now under the preferred section

Preferred:
NSInteger nameCount = self.names.count;

Not Preferred:
NSInteger nameCount = [self.names count];