On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Shawn Erickson <shaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Paul Sanders <p.sand...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: >>>> I am used to a more robust threading model. >> >>> I'm curious, what is not "robust" about the Cocoa threading model, and >>> what are you comparing it to? >> >> Well, only being able to draw and process events on the main thread mainly. > > You can _draw_ from a secondary thread (or multiple secondary threads) > when using AppKit.
I'd move that emphasis to a different word: *you* can draw from a secondary thread. I.e. your custom view can do threaded drawing. But touching AppKit controls from a secondary thread is a quick path to a misbehaving application. For all intents and purposes, Cocoa's GUI side is main-thread-only. The few exceptions to that rule are more about performance than convenience. Mike _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
