[Boost-users] shared_ptr and thread safety 4

From: gast128 (gast128_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-07 13:09:48

David Abrahams <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:

 
> No, it's exactly "as threadsafe as int."
> 
> snip because of 'There's much more quoted text in your article than new. 
> Prune quoted stuff.'
>
> That sequence would not be safe with a naive
> reference-counted pointer that was totally unaware of thread safety.

'Inside COM' from Dale Rogerson suggests to make ref counting atomic (i.e. 
through InterLockedIncrement).