Day 10: Custom Initializers

	@LawOfFives Sep '24 In the custom initializer lesson, why do we use self.name, but not self.number? It seems to compile either way. `struct Player { let name: String let number: Int init(name: String) { self.name = name number = Int.random(in: 1...99) } } let player = Player(name: "Megan R") print(player.number)`
	@roosterboy HWS+ Sep '24 Because you have a property in `Player` called `name` and you also have a parameter to the initializer called `name`. So in your init, which one does `name` refer to? We use `self.name` to indicate specifically that we are setting the `name` property of the `Player` struct to the value held in the `name` parameter to the initializer. 1
	@LawOfFives Sep '24 so, if they werent both "name" you wouldnt use self?
	@roosterboy HWS+ Sep '24 Correct. Like if, for instance, your init was this instead: `init(handle: String) { name = handle number = Int.random(in: 1...99) }` Here, `name` clearly refers to the property of `Player`; it can't be anything else, so there's no possibility of confusion and thus no need for `self.` to clarify. I should mention that while you don't have to use `self.` in the above example, you could. I've seen some people who prefer to always use it in initializers just to make it crystal clear that they are setting the value of properties, even if such use isn't strictly necessary all the time. 2

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