Re: boost.threads [was RE: [boost] Re: sockets /network programming Requirements]

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-07 12:49:39

williamkempf_at_[hidden] wrote:

> Once methods are not singletons.  The classic reason for their need
> is to synchronize the creation of global data.  

        Right. But global data is a singleton. :-)
In any case, I accept that people want to do bad designs
and use global data :-) it's in the language, so I guess
you have to support it in a threading extension.
Thanks for explanation.

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