Re: NSOutlineView threading problem
Re: NSOutlineView threading problem
- Subject: Re: NSOutlineView threading problem
- From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:59:24 -0400
On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:47 PM, j o a r wrote:
On Jun 16, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
This level of vagueness is persistent throughout the framework
docs, though, and gives them an absolute value |v| < 0 with respect
to threading (my opinion, of course). And yes, I know the "file a
bug report" mantra, but a) I don't get paid for filing bug reports,
and b) it can take years even for a doc bug to be fixed (my oldest
is from 2005, but I expect it's just forgotten).
You're clearly right in that Apple needs to provide much better
documentation with regards to thread safety.
I'm waiting for the dissenters to speak up :). The confusion between
"thread safe" and "main thread only" on this list hasn't helped,
either...
While I would also have to respect your "I'm not paid for filing bug
reports" standpoint, just keep in mind that bug reports does matter
- a lot - and I can assure you that it's much easier to get a
feature request on improved documentation fixed, than it is to get a
feature request on a software product fixed. The reason why this is
the case should be clear to anyone working in the software industry.
For this reason it is my experience that it's typically rather
gratifying to file doc bugs - give it another chance!
I should probably mention that I still file bug reports, including doc
bugs, in spite of my cynicism about the process and the time it takes;
I know Apple has legitimately different priorities than I, as well.
Personally, I primarily file bugs that I think are new or which really
cause me grief (e.g. rdar://problem/5737981), or where I think the
documentation caused me to do something incorrectly (e.g. rdar://
problem/5772256). However, problems that have been obvious for years
(thread safety, regex support in NSString...) will probably never make
it to the front of my queue for filing a duplicate.
regards,
Adam
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