Mastering Threads on MacOS X

by ranit8 • 14 years ago

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jjmanton• 14 years ago

It is strange the article makes no mention of grand central dispatch. It makes threading easy even for the most inexperienced developer.

LinaLauneBaer• 14 years ago

Or NSOperation/NSOperationQueue (which are using GCD under the hood).

logancapaldo• 14 years ago

This article is pretty terrifying:

      #import <pthread.h>
      #import <stdlib.h>
      
      // Globals
      pthread_mutex_t *gLck;
      int gSum;

      int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
      {
          pthread_t *tFoo, *tBar;
          int tErr, tArgF, tArgB;
      
          // create the mutex construct
          tErr = pthread_mutex_init(gLck);

pagekalisedown2• 14 years ago

I recommend using boost.thread. It's cross-platform, and simpler than pthread.

pagekalisedown2• 14 years ago

I should mention that the current boost.thread (v.1.49.0) doesn't provide a simple way to change the priority or scheduling of a thread.

You have to do it thru the underlying system-specific handle obtained by boost::thread::native_handle().

Mastering Threads on MacOS X

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