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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-12 14:06:59


From: <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> --- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> > I think that statically linking Boost.Threads into a DLL is quite
> dangerous.
>
> I'd love to hear precise reasons why.

From my cursory inspection it appears that currently Boost.Threads can be
linked statically. A later iteration may stumble into the problem that I had
in mind but the current code is safe since it doesn't keep any per-thread
state.

> Regardless, though, that's not
> precisely what was being asked for.

True.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.

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