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Re: Stopping a NSRunLoop
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Re: Stopping a NSRunLoop


  • Subject: Re: Stopping a NSRunLoop
  • From: Andrei Tchijov <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 15:22:23 -0400

Do not bother with getCFRunLoop/CFRunLoopStop. It does not work. Your own loop with terminal condition and runMode:beforeDate: the only way to go (this is actually the way promoted in Apple doc about Run Loop)

On May 23, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:

On 5/23/06, Rob Crawford <email@hidden> wrote:
How do you stop a NSRunLoop that is running inside a spawned off
thread with NSThread detachNewThreadSelector? I have a the run loop
for a timer to get fired once the timer fires, I want the NSRunLoop
to stop and free up the thread? In the Timer I have tried [NSThread
exit] but I seem to have threads still hanging around?

How are you running this runloop? Consider using -[NSRunLoop runUntilDate:] or -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] and wrapping it with a loop that checks if the runloop should stop.

I believe you could also use -[NSRunLoop getCFRunLoop] to get the
CFRunLoop and then call CFRunLoopStop() on it (never tried it myself).

Also question the need for using the runloop at all for a simple
timer. You maybe could use -[NSThread sleepUntilDate:] to put your
secondary thread to sleep until some point in the future, much like a
timer callback via a runloop. Not sure of your exact needs.

-Shawn
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