NSImage

getBitmapDataPlanes can break NSImages & NSBitmapImageReps

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Opaque black square.

Today was one of those days where you plan to real make a dent in your todo list, and end up spending the entire day debugging why the hell some images are suddenly rendering as completely opaque black. Long story short, on at least some bitmap images, as soon as you call getBitmapDataPlanes it somehow… Read more

NSImage is dangerous

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Screenshot of an excerpt from Xcode's debug console showing the output of AddressSanitizer, having detected data race involving NSImage.

NSImage is formally documented as largely not thread-safe: The following classes and functions are generally not thread-safe. In most cases, you can use these classes from any thread as long as you use them from only one thread at a time. Check the class documentation for additional details. Apple’s Threading Programming Guide > Appendix A:… Read more