Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Mon Jan 24 2005 08:46 am


"Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov@web.de> wrote in message 
news:41F4B867.99D99808@web.de...
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> David Schwartz wrote:
> [...]
>> just have the memory barrier be unconditional.
>
> It must be in the right place to begin with.

    Right. It must be after you determine that the initialization is 
complete but before you access the object.

> And associating it with
> thread local flag is absolutely pointless.

    I agree.

    DS

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