Tips on Tasks from ChatGPT 4o

I used ChatGPT to improve some of the code I was using to communicate from an iPad to a visionPro over multipeer connectivity.

Here are some of the suggestions I used:

Subscribing to the update loop to update the transforms:

            subscription = content.subscribe(to: SceneEvents.Update.self, on: nil, componentType: nil) { event in
            if browserModel.nextJointData != browserModel.firstJointData {
                updateEntities()
            }
        }

Using a detached background task to decode the data:

    func performDecodeAsyncOperation() async -> [String:[JointData]]? {
    if let data = lastData as Data? {
        return await Task.detached(priority: .background) { [weak self] in
            return self?.createDecodeTask(with: data)
        }.value
    }
    return nil
}

Cancelling the decode task correctly:

// Optionally, a method to start the task
func startDecodeTask() async throws {
    cancelCurrentDecodeTask()
    decodeTask = Task {
        if Task.isCancelled {
            print("returning cancelled task")
            return nil
        }
        return await performDecodeAsyncOperation()
    }
    try await handleDecodeTaskResult()
    Task { @MainActor in
        decodeTask = nil
    }
}

// A method to handle the task result
func handleDecodeTaskResult() async throws {
    if Task.isCancelled {
        print("Returning cancelled task with no value")
        decodeTask = nil
        return
    }
    let value = await decodeTask?.result.map { result in
        switch result {
        case .some(let data):
            return data
        case .none:
            print("Task failed with error")
            return [String:[JointData]]()
        }
    }

    if let jointData = try value?.get(), let decodeTask = decodeTask, !decodeTask.isCancelled {
        Task { @MainActor in
            if nextJointData != jointData {
                firstJointData = nextJointData
                nextJointData = jointData
                print("Swapped joint data")
            }
        }
    }
}

public func cancelCurrentDecodeTask() {
    if let decodeTask = decodeTask, !decodeTask.isCancelled {
        cancelDecodeTask()
        print("cancelled decode task")
    }
    decodeTask = nil
}

// Optionally, a method to cancel the task
func cancelDecodeTask() {
    decodeTask?.cancel()
}

Compressing and decompressing my messages: do { let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: rawData)

        // Compress the data

        // Send data with user-initiated priority
        let compressedData = try (jsonData as NSData).compressed(using: .lz4)

        try multipeerSession.send(compressedData as Data, toPeers: multipeerSession.connectedPeers, with: .unreliable)
    } catch {
        print(error)
    }

           Task {
            do {
                lastData = try (data as NSData).decompressed(using: .lz4)
                print("Did receive data \(data) at \(displayLinkTimestamp)")
            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }

Using a .userInitiated thread for sending messages from the iPad:

sendTask = Task(priority: .userInitiated) {
                    if Task.isCancelled {
                        print("Canceled task")
                        return
                    }
                    model.send(rawData:model.jointRawData)
                    print("Sent model")
                }