Re: [boost] [thread] A few submissions

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] A few submissions
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-05 03:25:58

On 07/05/2010 11:17 AM, Stefan Strasser wrote:
> Zitat von Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>:
>
>>> in that case, I guess I am suggesting to add a public interface like
>>> static_thread_specific_ptr, to support the semantics of
>>> __declspec(thread)/__thread/thread_local, i.e. crash when used from
>>> delay-loaded modules on platforms that don't support it.
>>
>> That is a different extension from what I am proposing. But frankly
>> speaking, I don't see much use from it if it crashes on some setups
>> and I can't detect such setups in my code that uses this component.
>
> I could reply to this in terms of content, but this is easier: what
> you're saying by that is that declspec(thread)/... make no sense on
> platforms that don't support delay-loading with static TSS, and was/will
> never be used.
> that's obviously not the case.

What I'm saying is that it makes little use for library writers if it 
doesn't allow to detect the faulty platforms. Or fallback to explicit 
API usage on such platforms. But that's getting OT.