在XCode 8编译，Swift 3 https://github.com/rpthomas/Jedisware

 @IBAction func tap(_ sender: AnyObject) {

    let thisEmail = "emailaddress.com"
    let thisPassword = "myPassword" 

    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {

        // Validate user input

        let result = self.validate(thisEmail, password: thisPassword)

        // Go back to the main thread to update the UI
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            if !result
            {
                self.displayFailureAlert()
            }

        }
    }

}

 let newQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "newname")
 newQueue.sync { 

 // your code

 }

   let concurrentQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.swift3.imageQueue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT) //Swift 2 version

   let concurrentQueue = DispatchQueue(label:"com.swift3.imageQueue", attributes: .concurrent) //Swift 3 version

我在Xcode 8, Swift 3中重做了你的代码，这些变化与你的Swift 2版本形成对比。

现在很简单:

let serialQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "my serial queue")

默认值是serial，要获得concurrent，可以使用可选属性参数.concurrent

创建并发队列

let concurrentQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "queuename", attributes: .concurrent)
concurrentQueue.sync {

}  

创建一个串行队列

let serialQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "queuename")
serialQueue.sync { 

}

异步获取主队列

DispatchQueue.main.async {

}

同步获取主队列

DispatchQueue.main.sync {

}

获取一个背景线程

DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {

}

Xcode 8.2 beta 2:

获取一个背景线程

DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default).async {

}

DispatchQueue.global().async {
    // qos' default value is ´DispatchQoS.QoSClass.default`
}

如果你想了解如何使用这些队列。请看这个答案

DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
   // code
})