Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Thread safety

From: Ruediger Berlich (ruediger.berlich_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-07 06:55:50

Dear Robert,

I would like to second Sohail Somani's statement - I really appreciate all
the work you have put into this library. Thanks for making C++ programming
an enjoyable experience ! :-)

Best Regards,
Ruediger Berlich

Robert Ramey wrote:
> Currently, the serialization library cannot be considered thread safe.
> 
> It turns out that there are some shared static variables associated with
> type tables.  These tables could change at run
> time.  If using multiple archives simultaneously in different threads
> there could be a race condition.  Its possible that that
> in a particular program no such condition would/could ever
> arise and it would be safe.  But in general that could not
> be guarenteed.
> 
> The next version currently on the branch "serialization_next_release"
> addresses this situation in a definitive way.   I would expect
> to see this enhancements to be part of boost 1.36
> 
> Robert Ramey