Subj : Re: a thread question
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Fri May 13 2005 12:28 pm


"Chris Thomasson" <_no_damn_spam_cristom@_no_damn_comcast.net_spam> wrote in 
message news:JoWdnWcp5bgtYB7fRVn-3Q@comcast.com...

>> Threads are supposed to share variables -- that's the whole point of 
>> them.

> Well, there is the concept of thread-local ( unshared ) variables...

    Actually, even thread-local variables are shared. There's just one for 
each thread, but threads can access each other's variables if you 
intentionally code things to do so. (For example, you can pass one thread 
the address of another's thread local variable.)

    DS

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