Re: thread-safety definition
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Re: thread-safety definition
- To: c++-pthreads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: thread-safety definition
- From: David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:27:54 -0500
David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Ted Baker <baker@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Yes, but it need not be a *huge* amount of cycles. Protection
>> against cancellation can be done via the equivalent of setting one
>> bit in a thread descriptor
>
> Setting one bit per nontrivial destructor call would be a performance
> disaster for many programs.
But fortunately we all seem to be coming to the conclusion that it can
happen at virtually no cost (see Ted B's "static mapping" remark).
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com