Check out PLBlocks <http://code.google.com/p/plblocks/> if you want to use blocks on 10.5.
Cheers, Stu On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:49 PM, PCWiz <pcwiz.supp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well what I meant by delegates and selectors was like the secondary thread > calls a selector on the main thread (using performSelectorOnMainThread) but > I guess I got a little confused there :) > > I would like to use blocks, however I'm using the 10.5 SDK so as far as I > know blocks cannot be used. Is there a way to get > performSelectorOnMainThread to return a value? That would solve my issue, > because I could pass on the NSAttributedString to a method on the main > thread that figures out the size and all, then returns the value. > > Independent Cocoa Developer, Macatomy Software > http://macatomy.com > > > On 2009-12-22, at 12:22 PM, Bill Bumgarner wrote: > > > > > On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:19 AM, PCWiz wrote: > > > >> Is there any easy way to execute a portion of code on the main thread > without going through the mess of delegates and selectors? > > > > > > Delegates have *nothing* to do with main thread execution. Selectors a > bit orthogonal, too. > > > > If you want to execute something on the main thread, I would suggest > using NSOperationQueue's notion of main queue and enqueuing an operation > with a block: > > > > - (void)addOperationWithBlock:(void (^)(void))block > > > > Quite straightforward. > > > > b.bum > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/stuart.carnie%40gmail.com > > This email sent to stuart.car...@gmail.com > -- Stuart Carnie CTO Manomio LLC In Retro We Trust! _______________________________________________ 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
