Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe? To : comp.programming.threads From : Alexander Terekhov Date : Fri Feb 18 2005 12:20 pm David Schwartz wrote: [...] > Except it's not clear whether thread-specific data means one object per > thread or a single object that has the property of being different based on > which thread looks at it. You are hallucinating. What "single object"? They are lvalues referring to different objects with different lifetimes. regards, alexander. .