Xcode warning “Property access results unused - getters should not be used for side effects”

Question

I\'m getting this warning when I\'m calling a local routine.

My code is this:

-(void)nextLetter {
    // NSLog(@\"%s\", __FUNCTION__);
    currentLetter          


        

Answer 1

You're declaring fetchLetter using syntax like this?

@property (retain) id fetchLetter;

That looks wrong for what you're doing. Properties are intended to be variable accessors that (in the case of getters) don't have any side effects.

You should declare fetchLetter as a method, like so:

- (void) fetchLetter;

and access it using:

[self fetchLetter]