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

From: Ken Hagan (K.Hagan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-25 04:36:21

Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>
> This analgoy does not cut it: You don't have a function "fk" by
> thread. You have a -single- function designator.  And the return
> value depends on the calling thread.

Whereas with a TLS variable you have a single variable name and
the value of that variable when referenced at run-time depends
on the calling thread.

Sorry, I really don't see the difference here, except for the
syntax of writing "k" rather than "fk()" when you want the value.