Comments on: A Watchdog Timer in GCD http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/2010/07/10/a-watchdog-timer-in-gcd/ Defender of Corporate Headquarters Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: app development, iPhone, iPad, iOS development, personal finance, St. Louis http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/2010/07/10/a-watchdog-timer-in-gcd/comment-page-1/#comment-212424 app development, iPhone, iPad, iOS development, personal finance, St. Louis Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:06:47 +0000 http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/?p=277#comment-212424 <p>[...] found fieryrobot’s Watchdog timer in GCD which meets my basic need for timer. But I need to return from timer to the main thread. Quote [...]</p> [...] found fieryrobot’s Watchdog timer in GCD which meets my basic need for timer. But I need to return from timer to the main thread. Quote [...]

]]> By: Steve Weller http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/2010/07/10/a-watchdog-timer-in-gcd/comment-page-1/#comment-195605 Steve Weller Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:50:39 +0000 http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/?p=277#comment-195605 <p>Also see this GCD timer implementation by Mike Ash:</p> <p>http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2010-07-02-background-timers.html</p> Also see this GCD timer implementation by Mike Ash:

http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2010-07-02-background-timers.html

]]> By: Simon Strandgaard http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/2010/07/10/a-watchdog-timer-in-gcd/comment-page-1/#comment-195602 Simon Strandgaard Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:25:34 +0000 http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/?p=277#comment-195602 <p>Dunno if iPhone have posix signals. In mac programs, I use SIGALRM. To start the watchdog I just do alarm(5);. To cancel the watchdog I just do alarm(0); However alarm() only takes seconds as it's argument.</p> Dunno if iPhone have posix signals. In mac programs, I use SIGALRM. To start the watchdog I just do alarm(5);. To cancel the watchdog I just do alarm(0); However alarm() only takes seconds as it’s argument.

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