From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-07 08:28:51


Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:

> And, IMO, the interface of thread_specific_ptr leads to believe that
> it is safe to use it that way.

What specifically made you believe so?
Thread safety can only be stated after an object has been created.
And the thread_specific_ptr is no exception.

To get platform independent behavior the ptr has to be declared globally.

Roland