Using self->ivar when accessing instance variables directly

Question

I have noticed that most Objective-C coders never use the self->ivar syntax when accessing instance variables directly. Most sample code that I see simply re

Answer 1

There's no reason you shouldn't write it that way. I think people tend to write it the other way because they try to avoid shadowing their ivars anyway, so there shouldn't be any ambiguity in what variable they're talking about — and it's shorter.