Re: [boost] [thread] Proposal for thread safe initialization of local static and global objects

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-06 06:39:59

Bronek Kozicki <brok_at_[hidden]> writes:

> What's wrong with simple:
>
> template <typename T> struct wrapper
> {
>    static T data;
> };
>
> template <typename T>
> T wrapper<T>::data;
>
> template<C> void foo(C arg)
> {
>    bar<C>& abar = wrapper<bar<C> >::data;
> }
>
> ... which will trigger static (thread-safe) initialization.

Yes, but you only get one global instance for each type T, which defeats the
point of making it a function-local static.

Anthony
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