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Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] static thread_specific_ptr?
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-26 11:05:29


Roland Schwarz wrote:
>
> Anthony Williams wrote:
>> Yes. That's exactly the intended usage. Only the thread that calls
>> reset() can access the object passed in.
>
> Does this mean you have solved the initialization problem for
> local statics? i.e. you made this thread-safe for every compiler?

I think any time you see a naked local static, you've gotta think bug
because the only portable way to solve this problem is to use
boost::call_once, afaik anyway.

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Sohail Somani
http://uint32t.blogspot.com

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