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sleep() vs sleepUntilDate
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sleep() vs sleepUntilDate

  • Subject: sleep() vs sleepUntilDate
  • From: Dylan Neild <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:31:01 -0400
Hi Everyone,

I was wondering what the effective, practical differences were between using the following calls:

sleep() - of course, part of the BSD environment.

-and-

(void)sleepUntilDate:(NSDate*)aDate - class method in NSThread.

Is there any major caveats to one or the other, besides the obvious argument differences. Effectively, what I'm wondering, is that if I use "sleep(10)" in a thread vs. "sleepUntilDate:(NSDate *)tenSecondsAway" (or vice versa) ... is there anything I should be aware of?

Many thanks,

Dylan
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