when building project, can see xcode working on 4 swift files @ same time in build log inside report navigator.
i see there 4 processes in activity manager, called "swift", when it's compiling.
it seems doing great use of available processing power it's job, i'm not looking change that. however, i'm working dual core i7 processor.
would quad core i7 able compile 8 files in parallel? , if so, scale if 6 cores?
could @ least quad core test confirm this?
i'm using xcode 6.3.1
thank you!
xcode use many available processors can. there situations cannot use processors, example cannot compile objective-c files until precompiled header files compiled, if have 1 precompiled header file only, 1 processor used that. normal source files, processors used. , static analyzer, processors used well.
in other words, quad core retina mbp 15" very fine development machine. give lots of ram if have large source files, had problems 8 core macpro 4gb of ram (long time ago). older mac mini 4 cores quite useful.
