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[Swift] OSSignpostID - How they are created

Updated
May 3, 2020 8:33 AM
Created
May 3, 2020 8:23 AM
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OSSignpostID

An identifier you use to distinguish between signposts that have the same name and destination log.

So, since for that, OSSignpostID has a unique identifier in backing. We can see that value with prints OSSignpostID. I've printed several kind of IDs.

import os

print(OSSignpostID.exclusive)
print(OSSignpostID.exclusive)
print(OSSignpostID.exclusive)

let log1 = OSLog(subsystem: "app.muukii", category: "performance1")
let log2 = OSLog(subsystem: "app.muukii2", category: "performance2")

print(OSSignpostID(log: log1))
print(OSSignpostID(log: log1))
print(OSSignpostID(log: log1))
print(OSSignpostID(log: log1))

print(OSSignpostID(log: log2))

OSSignpostID(rawValue: 17216892719917625070)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 17216892719917625070)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 17216892719917625070)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 1)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 2)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 3)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 4)
OSSignpostID(rawValue: 5)

exclusive always print the same value. Because it is static let variable. that makes sense.

On the other hand, OSSignpostID(log: log1) creates a unique value each created. (it seems the value is incremented)

DispatchQueue.concurrentPerform(iterations: 1000) { (i) in
  print(OSSignpostID(log: log1))
}

What if we create the ID concurrently, that initializer works fine. The backing identifiers are incremented atomically.