Re: runloops and NSURLConnection

FROM : Torsten Curdt
DATE : Sat May 31 19:14:22 2008

On May 31, 2008, at 18:55, Jens Alfke wrote:
> On 31 May '08, at 8:07 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote:
>

>>> I think you want to schedule the connection for the 
>>> NSModalPanelRunLoopMode runloop mode.  This is the mode that is 
>>> used for modal windows.

>>
>> You mean with scheduleInRunLoop:forMode: ? ...but that's only 
>> available since 10.5

>
> I don't know of a good alternative that's 10.4-compatible, short of 
> running the NSURLConnection on a background thread with its own 
> runloop.


OK ..so at least it was a real shortcoming and not me fighting the 
framework again.

What about my current solution with the run loop? Does it smell really 
bad ...or is the workaround OK as well?

> But have you considered _not_ using a modal panel? IMHO, modal 
> panels are a "UI smell", to coin a phrase. Does it really need to be 
> impossible for the user to interact in any other way with the app 
> while that panel is open? Usually a sheet will suffice, and sheets 
> don't use a special runloop mode, so that would solve your problem.


Indeed - modal is smelly  ...and I have considered non-modal. It would 
make my life easier. But since I have just integrated your exception 
handling into the FeedbackReporter framework ...wouldn't you expect 
the dialog that pops up in case of an uncaught exception to be modal?

cheers
--
Torsten