objective c - Why isn't it possible to declare multiple method prototypes per line? -

given that…

@interface hog : nsobject { nsuinteger one, two, three;      } @property (strong, nonatomic) nsstring *four, *five, *six; -(void) seven; @end @implementation hog static cgfloat f, ff, fff; - (nsstring*) 6 { return _four = _five = _six  =  @"sexy"; } - (void) 7    {          1 =   2 = 3 =       33;                                f =    ff =   fff =     6.66;                          sel sevenselect = @selector(seven);    nslog(@" %ld, %0.2f, %@, %@",    three, fff, self.six, nsstringfromselector(sevenselect)); } @end int main(int argc,char *argv[]){ hog *u = hog.new; [u seven];}  output: 33, 6.66, sexy, 7  

then.. why isn't possible then, declare

-(void)seven, eight, nine;

in header, etc? what's difference? doesn't objc-c treat imp, or whatever is, same way other variable, block, etc? why bother prototype, anyways? especially, why bother if in class extension, , you're going write method directly underneath. seems opportunity mistakes, , needless repetition, no? know i'm wrong, i'm asking schooled, go ahead.

method declarations not same thing, syntactically, variable declarations. have different syntax , can occur in specific contexts.

would possible modify objective-c's syntax allow multiple variable declarations separated commas? yes, — require bigger changes you're envisioning, declarations can lot more complex when include arguments. , there's little point in making major syntactic change allow people write less readable declarations. there literally 0 benefit that.