jimrange

// http://cocoawithlove.com/2009/10/ugly-side-of-blocks-explicit.html has a nice breakdown of the syntax--it helps to think of the ^ as similar to a pointer dereference symbol *

// block typedef:

    typedef void(^Block)();
    typedef void(^ConditionalBlock)(BOOL);
    typedef NSString*(^BlockThatReturnsString)();
    typedef NSString*(^ConditionalBlockThatReturnsString)(BOOL);

// block property with typedef: