Re: [boost] Enhanced call_once()

From: Pete Becker (petebecker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-06 11:19:59

At 10:36 AM 8/6/2002 -0500, William E. Kempf wrote:
>I've discussed this with Mr. Becker before, and since he dropped the thread
>I assumed we agreed it wasn't possible to implement his interface. Now I
>guess this isn't true.

It never was true. I dropped the thread  because you made some conclusory 
statements about what I had in mind, although I had said no such thing. I 
saw no point in continuing.

>True static initialization means that it occurs at compile time, not at run
>time.  This eliminates the initialization order problem, since any needs for
>runtime thread synchronization are absent when initialized at compile time.
>This type of static initialization is possible in C++, but requires POD
>types.  The design Mr. Becker proposes doesn't use a POD type, and thus
>construction will occur at run time, and this means run time synchronization
>is required.

Construction at runtime does not require runtime synchronization. You're 
making some assumptions here, and I don't want to guess what you have in mind.

        -- Pete

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