After trying to access ivars using KVC, I have noticed that there was no protection on private and protected ivars. It doesn't matter what I put a in front of the ivar (private or protected keyword...

Previously I have always seen example of use of properties and iVars like this... Inside SomeClass.h @interface SomeClass : NSObject { NSString *_someString; } @property NSString *someString; ...

I understand that starting with iOS 4, there is now the ability to not declare iVars at all, and allow the compiler to automatically create them for you when you synthesize the property. However, I...