Re: [boost] creating a threadsafe singleton class

From: Atry (pop.atry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-23 12:31:42

Clark Sims wrotes:
> http://acumenconsultinginc.net/TechNotes/ThreadSafe/
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> I used the boost scoped_lock, and shared_ptr classes, to create 2 template classes which provide threadsafe access to a singleton class. 
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> I also included the example of a singleton class which has a destructor.
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I think singleton is a bad thing. we should avoid any non-const global 
or static variant, especially using them concurrently.