On May 19, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Sean McBride wrote:
> 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.

None that I know of. You should file a bug report, whether it needs to be 
written or easier to find.


-- 
Greg Parker     [email protected]     Runtime Wrangler


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