Threads and Static Data

["Jérôme M. Berger"]

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Regan Heath wrote:
> Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
>>  - My first point was to illustrate what thread-local storage is for
>> as opposed to instance variables in the thread class. Another
>> illustration would be to point to this Wikipedia page:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread-local_storage
> 
> I think the short explaination is that thread local storage is required
> when you want a separate copy of any _global_ variable for each thread.
>  If you have no global varaibles, you don't need it.
> 
	Correct.

> ...
> On the other hand if the library encapsulates all it's variables in a
> class or struct[2] then you are free to have a separate instance of the
> class or struct per thread, typically as a member of your thread class.
> 
	This was my second point, yes.

		Jerome
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