Thank you Jerry and yes this was my mistake of reading only the class documentation!
The rest is pretty clear thanks again! rc On Mar 10, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: > > On 2012 Mar 10, at 01:07, Rick C. wrote: > >> I have a number of older nsapplescript methods in a project that I would >> like to update to something newer. > > Huh? > >> the non-thread safety is an issue > > Maybe you've made the mistake of reading the class documentation, > > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSAppleScript_Class/Reference/Reference.html > > which says: > > "Important You should access NSAppleScript only from the main thread." > > without reading the Release Notes (now three years old), > > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/AppleScript/RN-AppleScript/RN-10_6/RN-10_6.html > > which says, surprise!, > > "OSA and AppleScript are now thread-safe: they may be safely called on a > non-main thread … This also applies to NSAppleScript." > > (Thanks to AppleScript guru Shane Stanley for finding that.) > >> and always dealing with quotations and having to escape them is a bit of a >> pain. > > That's life. > >> I know I can use nstask for some > > That's a pain. > >> and I'm a little familiar with scripting bridge > > That's real pain! > >> but just wanted to get some opinions. > > I submitted a "not helpful" on the documentation last October. Maybe if > everyone on the list does the same it will be fixed someday. > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rickcorteza%40gmail.com > > This email sent to rickcort...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
