Re: [boost] Thread-safe singleton pattern

Subject: Re: [boost] Thread-safe singleton pattern
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-26 09:13:04

Alex Miller wrote:
>
> Your implementation seems to be a fairly standard
> implementation of double
> checked locking, and thus is likely vulnerable to the issues
> outlined in C++
> and the Perils of Double-Checked
> Locking<http://www.aristeia.com/Papers/DDJ_Jul_Aug_2004_revised.pdf>
> .
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM, GMan <gmannickg_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > This suffers from the same problems as your last singleton.
> (Probably
> > should
> > have kept it in that discussion, by the way.). Also,
> instead of forcing
> > people to have threaded or not, make it a policy.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Andrew Chinkoff
> <achinkoff_at_[hidden]
> > >wrote:

Please don't top post.  Refer to http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html#quoting for more information.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software      using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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