> 2009/7/1 Trygve Inda <cocoa...@xericdesign.com>:
>> So is this legal in a secondary thread?
>> 
>> NSImage* theImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:someImagePath];
>> [imageView setImage:theImage];
>> [theImage release];
> 
> No.


> I have no idea how this squares with "generally thread-safe", but when
> in doubt, assume it's not.
> 
> Since -[NSImage setImage:] is nowhere documented to be thread safe
> that I can see, you must assume that it's not.

Thanks. I guess I drew too much into "generally thread-safe"... I guess
rocks generally float at 1 Infinite Loop, except when they don't.  :-)

Trygve


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