Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
Date : Sat Feb 05 2005 02:53 am

Giancarlo Niccolai <searchforme@ingoogle.com> writes:

> But if I add a mutex for static initializers at Consumer c and at
> Producer p points, the constructor of the consumer will still not be
> exited when it will wait for p to receive the initialization data,
> blocking on MAX_SIZE. But P can't go, as it is locked waiting for
> the construction of C to release the static initializer mutex.

No, P doesn't wait for the construction of C. Each function has a
separate static initializer mutex.

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