Swift concurrency

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I’m developing a new macOS application, RawCull, that uses Swift concurrency in a unique way. My understanding of Swift concurrency is still limited, so I recommend exploring articles from experts in the field. However, RawCull also has a technical blog that covers how Swift concurrency is used to solve “heavy work” without blocking the UI.

RsyncUI is a GUI app; most work happens on the main thread. Heavier tasks run on threads from the cooperative thread pool (CTP) without blocking the UI. The Swift runtime manages the executors and CTP. There are three kinds of executors:

Swift Concurrency on RsyncUI

Swift concurrency