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Re: Thread safety and string
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper AT cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Thread safety and string
- From: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz AT cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:50:35 -0700 (PDT)
- cc: "Putney, Jeff" <jputney AT networkmanagementinc dot com>, libstdc++ AT sourceware.cygnus dot com
> > Is there any reason not to use the pthread mutex interface as a reference
> > implementation?
>
> Yes, the overhead (time and space) is far too big and it wouldn't be
> binary compatible with a real solution.
Let me rephrase and state that I would love to see a reference
implementation from either Uli or Nathan, or some kind of detailed
description of the work that needs to be done, so that others could work
on it.
Ie, some kind of pointer or description of the "real solution" alluded to
above.
-Benjamin