Re: Thread safe reference counting
Awesome, thanks. I remember reading that page, just completely missed the "Object allocation and retain count functions" note in the list. Loren On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Michael Ash wrote: On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Chris Suter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/06/2008, at 9:06 AM, atebits wrote: Perhaps I'm blind, but after pouring over every scrap of information I could find, I could not find the answer to this question. Are -retain and -release thread-safe? (Perhaps as atomic increments/decrements internally?) Yes, -retain and -release are thread-safe. It's in the documentation somewhere. Here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Multithreading/ThreadSafetySummary/chapter_950_section_2.html Mike ___ 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/loren.brichter%40atebits.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thread safe reference counting
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Chris Suter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 30/06/2008, at 9:06 AM, atebits wrote: > >> Perhaps I'm blind, but after pouring over every scrap of information I >> could find, I could not find the answer to this question. >> >> Are -retain and -release thread-safe? (Perhaps as atomic >> increments/decrements internally?) > > Yes, -retain and -release are thread-safe. It's in the documentation > somewhere. Here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Multithreading/ThreadSafetySummary/chapter_950_section_2.html Mike ___ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thread safe reference counting
On 30/06/2008, at 9:06 AM, atebits wrote: Perhaps I'm blind, but after pouring over every scrap of information I could find, I could not find the answer to this question. Are -retain and -release thread-safe? (Perhaps as atomic increments/ decrements internally?) Yes, -retain and -release are thread-safe. It's in the documentation somewhere. -- Chris smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thread safe reference counting
Perhaps I'm blind, but after pouring over every scrap of information I could find, I could not find the answer to this question. Are -retain and -release thread-safe? (Perhaps as atomic increments/ decrements internally?) ___ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
