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。

我这样做了，如果你想在不被用户注意的情况下刷新你的UI来显示新数据，比如UITableView或UIPickerView，这就特别重要。

    DispatchQueue.main.async
 {
   /*Write your thread code here*/
 }

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

你可以在swift 3.0中使用这段代码创建调度队列

DispatchQueue.main.async
 {
   /*Write your code here*/
 }

   /* or */

let delayTime = DispatchTime.now() + Double(Int64(0.5 * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC))) / Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)                   
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: delayTime)
{
  /*Write your code here*/
}

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()
            }

        }
    }

}