On 2/8/09, Stephen J. Butler <stephen.but...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing to watch out for -- and it's generated some traffic on this > list recently -- is that NSImage creates hidden windows to manage > resources. So if you're loading many, many, many images, NSImage can > lockup the Window Server.
This really needs a qualifier: NSImage *can* create hidden windows to manage resources. To be more specific, NSImage can create an NSCachedImageRep, which in turn creates NSWindows. The specific circumstances in which this happens are when you draw into an NSImage using lockFocus and the like, and at least sometimes when you draw with the image. Simply creating an NSImage from a file and then extracting one of its representations shouldn't create an NSCachedImageRep. 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
