[boost] Re: Thread-Local Storage (TLS) and templates

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-20 11:55:26

Ken Hagan wrote:
> 
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > Ken Hagan wrote:
> > [...]
> >> 3a If we allow C<&k> [...] It is then possible to initialise static
> >>    variables [...] and the results depend on the thread that ran
> >>    first.  Again,  we have the same "problem" passing a pointer to
> >>    a function, so I'm not bothered by this.
> >
> > 3b We allow C<&k> and make all its statics thread-local as well. The
> >    "problem" is that, probably, it will result in an equal number of
> >    somewhat irritated programmers as the 3a above.
> 
> Unless you extend "its statics" to cover all static duration variables
> that might be accessed (including those accessed by called functions,
> and therefore invisible to the compiler), this is no different from 3a.

Really? Well, Peter's example (with an additional static ptr) would 
surely work "different from 3a". 

regards,
alexander.