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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Creating a Data Collection @property and NSArray

Posted by Pallavi Polisetty
Pallavi Polisetty
Courses Plus Student 1,423 Points

--------- tells the compiler that you are not using multi-threading for your property.

i have written atomic for this because non atomic property can be used as multi threading

it is giving me the wrong when i gave atomic, please clarify me on this

3 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
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Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

nonatomic tells the compiler you AREN'T using multi threading, atomic tells it you ARE using mulithreading

Here is a SO post that might help

Pallavi Polisetty
Pallavi Polisetty
Courses Plus Student 1,423 Points

clarified preston, i thought in the reverse way. Thanks.

RASHU BHATNAGAR
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RASHU BHATNAGAR
Courses Plus Student 2,669 Points
RASHU BHATNAGAR
RASHU BHATNAGAR
Courses Plus Student 2,669 Points

We always define the atomic property when we are working in a multithreaded environment and and nonatomic when we are not.....

Abdoulaye D.
Abdoulaye D.
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Abdoulaye D.
Abdoulaye D.
2,396 Points

nonatomic tells the compiler that we are not using multi-threading.