Re: "Use them from only one thread at a time"
Re: "Use them from only one thread at a time"
- Subject: Re: "Use them from only one thread at a time"
- From: Sean McBride <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 18:40:38 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On Thu, 19 May 2011 15:32:07 -0700, Greg Parker said:
>There are several cases involved here:
>
>1. You may use an instance on any thread, as long as every use is
>synchronized such that only one thread uses that instance at a time.
>2. You may create an instance on any thread, and must not use it on any
>other thread (with or without synchronization).
>3. Something else.
>
>The section "Thread-Unsafe Classes" does not distinguish among these
>cases. For example, NSMutableData is #1, NSAutoreleasePool is #2, and
>NSArchiver is #3.
Ah, brilliant! Is there documentation that does make those
distinctions? It says "Check the class documentation for additional
details" but I click the link for NSMutableData for example and the word
'thread' does not appear on that page.
Having more granular categorizations is really needed, and apparently lacking.
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Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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