On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this case I can do that... though out of curiosity I wonder if there is a > way to do this "cooperatively" on the main thread without having to break up > the loop doing the actual work. For example, in Carbon one can run the event > loop for a short period or just for one event on each cycle of the loop - > and this code can live in the progress dialog controller, so it works > transparently with respect to the loop that drives the progress indicator. > I'm not sure that approach is considered "good" in this day and age though I > used it a lot on Mac OS 6/7/8/9. Just wondered if such an approach is > feasible in Cocoa. FWIW, I think it's worth getting acquainted with multithreading -- multi-core CPUs are not just the future, they are also the present! Hamish _______________________________________________ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]