Re: [boost] Threadsafe singleton - questions

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-24 19:09:49

Tobias Schwinger wrote:
> Robert Ramey wrote:
>   
>> f) can "const" static objects be created?
>>     
> I'm not sure I've tried, yet.
>
> What would it be good for (as it doesn't make a difference if the 
> singleton instance is immutable and it would yield inaccessible code if 
> it wasn't)?
>   
Say you need to set up a map of string to function pointer (or some 
silliness like that). After construction, such a thing should be const. 
Or is that not what you understood from the question?

Sohail