Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
Date : Thu Feb 24 2005 09:50 pm

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

>     Why? The pthreads standard is absolutely clear and not in error. The C++ 
> ABI is absolute clear and not in error. The problem is strictly in G++, 
> which doesn't turn the locking off when the programmer specifically 
> indicates that he has locked all cases where data may be shared (implied by 
> '-pthreads').

The problem is in the lack of a common C++/POSIX standard which would
clearly say that static local initializers are thread-safe.

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