On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:

> On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:43 PM, WT wrote:
> 
>> That's not what I keep reading/hearing. Apple's made a big push for GCD in 
>> WWDC 2010, even on iOS devices.
> 
> Yeah, for actually performing tasks on background threads, which is not what 
> you're doing here.

I am, insofar as my singletons are thread-safe.


>> I think that's an oversimplification of how things get used. See my reply to 
>> Kyle's last message for some examples of how/why I use singletons.
> 
> I saw that message and was responding to it. Why exactly do these classes of 
> yours need enforced singletons rather than single instances instantiated at 
> app initialization? What do you gain?

I think I've explained my reasons. Perhaps they're not other people's reasons, 
perhaps they're not even good reasons. If for no other reason, consider this a 
learning experience for me, as you pointed out earlier.

WT

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