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Do declared properties require a corresponding instance variable?

Do properties in Objective-C 2.0 require a corresponding instance variable to be declared? For example, I’m used to doing something like this:

MyObject.h

@interface MyObject : NSObject { NSString *name; } @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *name; @end

MyObject.m

@implementation @synthesize name; @end

However, what if I did…