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What is the cost of frequent NSNotificationCenter usage?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Notification dispatch introduces indirection and runtime overhead.
Deep explanation
NSNotificationCenter uses hash tables to store observers and posts notifications synchronously. Excessive usage increases CPU overhead and makes execution flow harder to trace.
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