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MyCrazyBlock block = ^(BOOL *stop) {
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOW, 0), ^{
// do some work
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
*stop = YES;
});
});
};
// in your object
if (block) block(&self.shouldStop);
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stigi commented Jul 30, 2014

Please ignore the fact that setting the stop BOOL asynchronously never worked anyway ;)

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stigi commented Jul 30, 2014

@hiDominik: should not make any difference, as ARC only manages object retain counts. we're dealing with a pointer into an objects memory space here. Nothing that could be retained.

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