如何

static MyClass *gInstance = NULL;

+ (MyClass *)instance
{
    if (gInstance == NULL) {
        @synchronized(self)
        {
            if (gInstance == NULL)
                gInstance = [[self alloc] init];
        }
    }

    return(gInstance);
}

这样就避免了初始化后的同步成本?

如何

static MyClass *gInstance = NULL;

+ (MyClass *)instance
{
    if (gInstance == NULL) {
        @synchronized(self)
        {
            if (gInstance == NULL)
                gInstance = [[self alloc] init];
        }
    }

    return(gInstance);
}

这样就避免了初始化后的同步成本?

你不想在self上同步…因为self对象还不存在!最终锁定一个临时id值。你想要确保没有其他人可以运行类方法(sharedInstance, alloc, allocWithZone:等)，所以你需要在类对象上同步:

@implementation MYSingleton

static MYSingleton * sharedInstance = nil;

+( id )sharedInstance {
    @synchronized( [ MYSingleton class ] ) {
        if( sharedInstance == nil )
            sharedInstance = [ [ MYSingleton alloc ] init ];
    }

    return sharedInstance;
}

+( id )allocWithZone:( NSZone * )zone {
    @synchronized( [ MYSingleton class ] ) {
        if( sharedInstance == nil )
            sharedInstance = [ super allocWithZone:zone ];
    }

    return sharedInstance;
}

-( id )init {
    @synchronized( [ MYSingleton class ] ) {
        self = [ super init ];
        if( self != nil ) {
            // Insert initialization code here
        }

        return self;
    }
}

@end

关于单例宏代码的详细解释在Cocoa With Love博客上

http://cocoawithlove.com/2008/11/singletons-appdelegates-and-top-level.html。

这也适用于非垃圾收集环境。

@interface MySingleton : NSObject {
}

+(MySingleton *)sharedManager;

@end


@implementation MySingleton

static MySingleton *sharedMySingleton = nil;

+(MySingleton*)sharedManager {
    @synchronized(self) {
        if (sharedMySingleton == nil) {
            [[self alloc] init]; // assignment not done here
        }
    }
    return sharedMySingleton;
}


+(id)allocWithZone:(NSZone *)zone {
    @synchronized(self) {
        if (sharedMySingleton == nil) {
            sharedMySingleton = [super allocWithZone:zone];
            return sharedMySingleton;  // assignment and return on first allocation
        }
    }
    return nil; //on subsequent allocation attempts return nil
}


-(void)dealloc {
    [super dealloc];
}

-(id)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone {
    return self;
}


-(id)retain {
    return self;
}


-(unsigned)retainCount {
    return UINT_MAX;  //denotes an object that cannot be release
}


-(void)release {
    //do nothing    
}


-(id)autorelease {
    return self;    
}


-(id)init {
    self = [super init];
    sharedMySingleton = self;

    //initialize here

    return self;
}

@end

根据我下面的另一个回答，我认为你应该这样做:

+ (id)sharedFoo
{
    static dispatch_once_t once;
    static MyFoo *sharedFoo;
    dispatch_once(&once, ^ { sharedFoo = [[self alloc] init]; });
    return sharedFoo;
}