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tclementdev / libdispatch-efficiency-tips.md
Last active November 15, 2024 01:56
Making efficient use of the libdispatch (GCD)

libdispatch efficiency tips

The libdispatch is one of the most misused API due to the way it was presented to us when it was introduced and for many years after that, and due to the confusing documentation and API. This page is a compilation of important things to know if you're going to use this library. Many references are available at the end of this document pointing to comments from Apple's very own libdispatch maintainer (Pierre Habouzit).

My take-aways are:

  • You should create very few, long-lived, well-defined queues. These queues should be seen as execution contexts in your program (gui, background work, ...) that benefit from executing in parallel. An important thing to note is that if these queues are all active at once, you will get as many threads running. In most apps, you probably do not need to create more than 3 or 4 queues.

  • Go serial first, and as you find performance bottle necks, measure why, and if concurrency helps, apply with care, always validating under system pressure. Reuse

/*
ericasadun.com
Super-basic priority-less layout utilities
*/
#if os(iOS)
import UIKit
#else
@airspeedswift
airspeedswift / homogeneousnessedness.swift
Last active August 29, 2015 14:23
Swift-only homogeneousnessedness
extension SequenceType where Generator.Element: Equatable {
/// Checks every element in a sequence is equal to a given element
func all(element: Generator.Element) -> Bool {
return !contains { $0 != element }
}
/// Checks no element in a sequence is equal to a given element
func none(element: Generator.Element) -> Bool {
return !contains(element)
}
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airspeedswift / OneSidedRanges.swift
Last active April 21, 2023 17:14
One-sided Range operators
postfix operator ..< { }
prefix operator ..< { }
struct RangeStart<I: ForwardIndexType> { let start: I }
struct RangeEnd<I: ForwardIndexType> { let end: I }
postfix func ..<<I: ForwardIndexType>(lhs: I) -> RangeStart<I>
{ return RangeStart(start: lhs) }
prefix func ..<<I: ForwardIndexType>(rhs: I) -> RangeEnd<I>
// This accompanies http://chris.eidhof.nl/posts/repmin-in-swift.html
import UIKit
// Unfortunately, we need Box
public class Box<T> {
public let unbox: T
public init(_ value: T) { self.unbox = value }
}