[cpp-threads] Re: Thread API interface tweaks

[Chris Thomasson]

On 8/30/06, Howard Hinnant <hinnant at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
[...]
>> (pthread_key_*, pthread_get/set_specific) and my suggestion of thread
>> id (pthread_t, pthread_equal) appear to serve exactly the same role
>> in this example.

>Except that TSD works for process shared locks (pthread_t is process
>private).


Yes... I also use TSD for recursion in my AppCore library:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/011401eb846b490c
(simple example)


IMHO, using thread-local-storage for this kind of stuff is a very simple and
straightforward approach...




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Chris Thomasson

http://appcore.home.comcast.net/
(portable lock-free data-structures)