Re: [boost] [serialization]Thread-safety of serialization lib

From: Sean Huang (huangsean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-11 13:38:28

Robert,

Did you mean same TYPE of archive? I think it would be common that multiple 
threads writes to arhives of same type.

Sean

From: "Robert Ramey" ramey_at_[hidden]

> Hmm - I would have to think about that.
>
> This would only be a problem in the case where multiple threads are 
> simultaneously
> serializing to different archive instances.  (I can't imagine multiple 
> threads
> serializating to the same archive).  Sorry I don't have much to say here.
>
> Robert Ramey
>
> Sean Huang wrote:
>> There are many places in serialization library that use a pattern
>> like the following:
>>
>> static oserializer & instantiate(){
>>    static oserializer instance;
>>    return instance;
>> }
>>
>> AFAIK, not all compilers guarantee the initialization of a function
>> level (or class member level) static variable is thread-safe. If I
>> understand the code correctly, this essentially means that
>> simultaneously serializing objects of the same type is not
>> thread-safe. Am I missing something here?
>>