Re: [Boost-users] [BOOST THREAD] Threads Spawning Unexpectedly

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [BOOST THREAD] Threads Spawning Unexpectedly
From: Igor R (boost.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-27 14:46:22

> If boost::lexical_cast were 100%Â  thread safe I would have no need for
> guarding access to calling it.  Igor R mentioned boost::lexical_cast is
> thread safe because the function has it own local streambuf instance.  I
> need to do more research but my understanding is that this isn't the case.
> I was led to believe boost::lexical_cast was not thread safe mostly by
> reading this discussion:
>
> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/09/109907.php

Well, of course it cannot be "more thread-safe" than the underlying
c++ std lib. My remark primarily related to the case of MSVC
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c9ceah3b.aspx), but you're
right, it's not 100% portable thread-safity.