While that’s true for some classes (NSManagedObjectContext springs to mind) I think a more general way to say it would be “In most cases, although you can allocate instances of these classes on any thread, refrain from messaging an instance from more than one thread simultaneously.”
Jeff Kelley On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Jerry Krinock <[email protected]> wrote: > From the Apple's "Threading Programming Guide"… > > "Thread-Unsafe Classes. The following classes and functions are generally > not thread-safe. In most cases, you can use these classes from any thread as > long as you use them from only one thread at a time." > > I'm confused by the second sentence. Would it be correct to restate it > like this… > > "In most cases, although you can allocate instances of these classes on any > thread, each instance must receive messages only from the thread which > allocated it." > > ? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Krinock _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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 [email protected]
