Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Gianni Mariani
Date : Tue Feb 08 2005 11:03 pm

Giancarlo Niccolai wrote:
> Gianni Mariani wrote:
....
>>Stick to facts.
>>
>>My proposal solves the problem of static locals being initialized in a
>>generic way - period -.
> 
> 
> No, it doesn't. Period. 
> 
> Mutexing a static initializer won't make it safe in MT. It solves a class of
> problems which has been already solved with programming patters. It does
> not solve all the problems, and make some other problem to arise. THIS is
> the simple fact, and not an opinion.

Please be specific.  Demonstrate the problem, otherwise this is not 
credible.

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