Re: [boost] [Review] The review of the Boost.Guid library starts today (April 30th)

From: Andy (atompkins_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-30 14:03:34

"Henrik Sundberg" <storangen_at_[hidden]> wrote in
news:aef9adb00704300822q2459684ex994be6b70700275a_at_[hidden]: 

> This is not a review, just a remark.
> 
>>From the documentation:
> The boost::guid::create() function returns a random-number-based
> guid... All functions are thread-safe except boost::guid::create().
> 

Bad working.  All functions are thread-safe without using thread 
primitives, except for boost::guid::create().  The function, 
boost::guid::create(), needs a mutex to be thread safe.  If 
BOOST_HAS_THREADS is defined, Boost.Thread is used to make 
boost::guid::create() thread safe.

Andy Tompkins.

> Why isn't this routine made thread-safe? Why are the other routines
> thread-safe when this isn't?
> 
> /$
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