Can't somebody write a small app and and profile it to get a conclusive answer? I'd do it but I'm lazy. I am interested in the outcome though.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Chris Suter <csu...@sutes.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Kyle, > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Kyle Sluder <kyle.slu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > While NSTimers are not normal input sources, the frameworks are free > > to add any input source to the runloop that they wish. And in order > > for your timer to fire, you need to keep the runloop awake, using at > > least a dummy input source. See "Timers" in "Timer Programming Topics > > for Cocoa": > > Whilst the run loop has to have a regular input source in it, I don't > think it needs to be processing any events. It's my understanding that > timers will still fire even if nothing else is happening. > > I think the documentation is merely pointing out that if you're doing > other work, such as what might be occurring in a normal application, a > timer might be delayed by a few ms or more. > > Regards, > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > > 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/minofifa%40gmail.com > > This email sent to minof...@gmail.com > -- Darren Minifie Graduate Studies: Computer Science www.myavalon.ca www.ohsnapmusic.com _______________________________________________ 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
