Thread Local Storage Template

[Stewart Gordon]

Mikola Lysenko wrote:
> The current version of D does not have thread local storage.  This is a 
> very useful feature, and the lack of support is frustrating.  The 
> problem is compounded by the fact that there are no truly cross platform 
> thread local storage facilities.  To work around this problem, I have 
> created a simple templatized wrapper.  It currently supports DMD and GDC 
> on the following platforms:
> 
>     Windows
>     Linux
>     Mac OS X
> 
> You can download it at: http://www.assertfalse.com/projects.shtml

What exactly can this do that cannot be done by simply deriving a class 
from Thread and adding member variables?

Stewart.

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