Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
Date : Wed Feb 09 2005 09:48 pm

"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes:

>     IMO, the best way to do this would be with a new language keyword. The 
> keyword should simply specify that a particular static be initialized at 
> startup, rather than lazily. This has the advantage of removing overhead 
> rather than adding it.

You don't need a keyword for that - just move the variable outside a
function.

This has a different problem: uncertainty about relative order of
initialization of variables from different files. Lazy initialization
has other merits besides skipping the initialization if the variable
is not needed at all.

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