dispatch_after - GCD in Swift?

Question

I\'ve gone through the iBook from Apple, and couldn\'t find any definition of it:

Can someone explain the structure of dispatch_after?

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Answer 1

Swift 3+

This is super-easy and elegant in Swift 3+:

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 4.5) {
    // ...
}

Older Answer:

To expand on Cezary's answer, which will execute after 1 nanosecond, I had to do the following to execute after 4 and a half seconds.

let delay = 4.5 * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)
let time = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(delay))
dispatch_after(time, dispatch_get_main_queue(), block)

Edit: I discovered that my original code was slightly wrong. Implicit typing causes a compile error if you don't cast NSEC_PER_SEC to a Double.

If anyone can suggest a more optimal solution I'd be keen to hear it.