Re: unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

This works fine: NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; mTimer = [[NSTimer alloc] initWithFireDate: ... interval: ... target:self selector:@selector(...:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES]; [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:mAudioIdleTimer forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode]; [[NS

Re: unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

On Sep 24, 2008, at 15:15 , Jason Bobier wrote: Hey folks, I have a runloop on a thread that looks like this: while (! _cancelled) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; [runloop runMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode befor

Re: unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

On Sep 24, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Jason Bobier wrote: Thanks Nick. I'm trying to avoid polling tho (since that is the whole point of runloops and mach ports). Take a look a message I posted a few days ago that uses a Mach port to wake up the run loop:

Re: unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

Thanks Nick. I'm trying to avoid polling tho (since that is the whole point of runloops and mach ports). Jason On Sep 24, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Jason Bobier wrote: Hey folks, I have a runloop on a thread that looks like this: while (! _cancel

Re: unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Jason Bobier wrote: Hey folks, I have a runloop on a thread that looks like this: while (! _cancelled) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; [runloop runMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode befo

unable to break out of runloop because timers are fired and then the loop waits

Hey folks, I have a runloop on a thread that looks like this: while (! _cancelled) { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; [runloop runMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode beforeDate:[NSDate distantFuture]]; [pool rel