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 _______________________________________________ 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]
