Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
Date : Sun Feb 20 2005 12:06 am

gniccolai@yahoo.com (Giancarlo Niccolai) writes:

> WHAT? THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE IT?

Yep.

> Ok, I am going to write them. Who's the guilty?

Whoever has designed the IA-64 C++ ABI.
<http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/> lists various companies but I
can't find anybody specific responsible for this particular issue.

This ABI was then adapted by GCC to other architectures as well.

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