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Re: Observing Time


  • Subject: Re: Observing Time
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 01:16:36 +0900

On 2013/07/28, at 0:38, Scott Ribe <email@hidden> wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:15 AM, email@hidden wrote:
>
>> But I'm avoiding NSTimer because I want to avoid being run looped in completely
>
> Why??? If the run loop on the main thread is busy, your display won't update anyway. I think you're adding a lot of complexity for 0 gain.
>
Why would I add to slowing down the main thread when I can run a dispatch_timer on another thread and get the timer to fire more reliably?
That doesn't make sense.
>

In trying to keep a slim and trim main thread to keep steady movement.
NSTimer is not for everything and does not give as much accuracy.
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