Mastering Threads on MacOS X

#1

Post by ranit8 » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 2:57 PM UTC

Mastering Threads on MacOS X
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Re: Mastering Threads on MacOS X

#2

Post by jjmanton » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 5:46 PM UTC

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

Re: Mastering Threads on MacOS X

#3

Post by logancapaldo » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 5:50 PM UTC

This article is pretty terrifying:

      #import 
      #import 
      
      // 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);

Re: Mastering Threads on MacOS X

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Post by LinaLauneBaer » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 6:27 PM UTC

jjmanton wrote: post #2

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

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

Re: Mastering Threads on MacOS X

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Post by pagekalisedown » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 6:43 PM UTC

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

Re: Mastering Threads on MacOS X

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Post by pagekalisedown » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 10:57 PM UTC

pagekalisedown wrote: post #5

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

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().