thanks! On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 14, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Edward Chan wrote: > > Would mythread be considered garbage and be collected even though it >> hasn't >> finished running? If so, would it be cancelled first? Or would it just get >> killed? >> > > Threads aren't garbage collected; they're implemented at a lower level. (Or > you can think of it as that the thread scheduler always has a reference to > all live threads.) They'll remain in existence until they exit or are > explicitly killed. > > —Jens _______________________________________________ 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
