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sync and async on another queue: what does isMainThread show?

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The code runs on the main thread.

let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "other")

print(Thread.isMainThread)
queue.sync  { print(Thread.isMainThread) }
queue.async { print(Thread.isMainThread) }

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