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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

// clang -g -Weverything -framework Foundation -o count count.m

@interface CountTest : NSObject

- (NSUInteger) count;  // notice not a @property

@end


@implementation CountTest


// no synthesize, no extra KVC work.
- (NSUInteger) count {
    return 23;
}

@end // CountTest


int main (void) {
    @autoreleasepool {
        CountTest *countTest = [[CountTest alloc] init];

        NSNumber *count = [countTest valueForKey: @"count"];
        NSLog (@"count is %@", count);
    }
    return 0;

} // main


#if 0

% clang -g -Weverything -framework Foundation -o count count.m
% ./count
2013-01-22 09:41:15.619 count[21737:303] count is 23

#endif