Subj : Re: "File Scope" objects
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 07:12 pm

Randy Howard writes:

>>> ...if I find myself asking  my user-programmers to pass one
>>> lousy pointer - always the same one - into every single call
>>> of every single function in a large library,....
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> (Wouldn't that use compromise thread safety?)
> 
> Thread safety is a very major issue to people developing 
> threaded software and for people writing library code which 
> might be called by such software.  But, you have to admit the 
> possibility that not all development projects have or need such 
> a requirement.

Agreed 100%.  But, given my highlighting above, do you see why I
asked the question?

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