Objective-C Pocket Reference by Andy Duncan The unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the opinion of the reader. Here's a key to the markup: [page-number]: serious technical mistake {page-number}: minor technical mistake : important language/formatting problem (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification This page was updated March 26, 2007. UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: [15] second bullet from the bottom of the page; "If the object inherits from the receiver's class, the field is not visible." I believe the word 'not' is erroneous here. A field that is declared as @protected can be accessed from this class and any class which inherits from it. [58] text of the "NOTE"; This is either confusing or an error. If it refers to the snippet above, it should say "Descendents of NSObject will use -dealloc instead of -free."