ref – http://blog.akquinet.de/2013/03/28/clean-objective-c-private-methods-in-objective-c/ http://www.friday.com/bbum/2009/09/11/class-extensions-explained/ A word about usage When implementing a class, it is common to have a set of methods that only appear in the class’s @implementation. Often, they are spread around the @implementation and generally appear just above whatever method first uses the private method (if they were to appear below, the compiler … Continue reading Private methods in Objective C are semi private