Re: [Boost-users] [general question] on threading and double checkedlocking pattern

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-22 17:50:57

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> Ovanes Markarian
> 
> I might be wrong here, but I would like to hear some thoughts 
> of C++ professionals.
> 
> I read in lots of sources about DCLP and how it is broken in 
> conjunction with Singleton pattern
> and my question is of a very simple nature. Is it possible to 
> solve this problem by introducing
> function calls via function pointers? Or is there still a 
> way, that these calls might be inlined
> and if yes then how could this look like? This example is not 
> about freeing the singleton, it is
> just about creating it.

Hi,

Perhaps the path-of-least-debugging is to use boost::once?

Sohail