On 3 Oct 2013, at 22:37, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > On Oct 3, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Mike Abdullah <mabdul...@karelia.com> wrote: > >> You can actually target a custom queue at any other queue you like, to >> create a whole chain of them. Work submitted to such queues ends up >> executing within the context of multiple queues at once. > > OK, this I did not know, despite (I thought) reading docs. Is this from a > WWDC session or release note? Is there an actual book (hopefully from > O’Reilly) covering GCD? (Apple’s docs are OK as far as they go, but like all > hypertext they have the problem that you’re never entirely sure you’ve read > everything.)
I'm not aware of any books. The API in question is dispatch_set_target_queue(). I first understood the concept from Mike Ash's excellent series of articles: http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2009-09-18-intro-to-grand-central-dispatch-part-iv-odds-and-ends.html _______________________________________________ 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
