Subj : Re: Boost.Threads on its way to C++0x
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ben Hutchings
Date : Fri Apr 29 2005 02:08 am

Peter Dimov wrote:
> gottlobfrege@gmail.com wrote:
>> - a static_local template:
>>
>> int func()
>> {
>>   // this thread-safely inits foo only once
>>   static static_local<Foo> foo(foo_param1, foo_param2,...);
> 
> How do you solve the race condition WRT the hidden compiler-generated 
> boolean flag? 

You fix it in at the language level.  Hans Boehm reported that
"[t]here appeared to be consensus among those attending the last C++
standards meeting that both [synchronised and unsychronised] options
should be provided to the programmer"
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/c++mm/mm.html>.

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Ben Hutchings
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                   Among economists, the real world is often a special case.

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