2009/3/25 Benjamin Stiglitz <s...@apple.com>: >> I'm not completely satisfied using signals (especially since they are >> not dynamically allocated and I may want to use more in the future) >> but signals was the lowest level alternative I could think about. This >> code will be used _very_ frequently and I want to use the lowest >> possible level, mainly for performance reasons but also for ease of >> setup. And signals seems like a reasonable alternative considering >> this. > > A pipe is the canonical way to tickle a thread waiting select/poll/kqueue. > You can rest assured that pipes are quite performant.
Thanks Ben. I will take a closer look at pipes. They have the additional advantage of being more flexible than fixed allocated signals. (Why can't Unix be a "modern" OS with dynamically allocated and named signals? :-) / Påhl _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
