Re: [boost] boost::signal thread safety (implied question: is boost::function thread safe ?)

From: Braddock Gaskill (braddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-02 07:32:47

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:32:33 +0000, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> it isn't ok.
> 
> boost/function/function_template.hpp lines 653-659
> 
> template<typename Functor>
> void assign_to(Functor f)
> {
>   static vtable_type stored_vtable(f);
>   if (stored_vtable.assign_to(f, functor)) vtable = &stored_vtable;
>   else vtable = 0;
> }
> 
> function static is not thread safe

You've just succeeded in scaring the hell out of me.
Just how unsafe is boost::function?

        -braddock