Threads and Static Data

[Craig Black]

> - My second point was that a specific thread-local storage
> mechanism isn't really needed if the libraries are properly
> designed. Properly designed libraries should have an "Init" or
> "Open" function that returns a handle, then all other functions
> should take that handle as a parameter(*). For such libraries, local
> variables are enough and a mechanism such as described in the
> Wikipedia page is overkill. Therefore, I don't think it's really
> necessary to add it to the core language: having it implemented in a
> library is enough for the rare cases where it's impossible to do
> without.

Ok, you are saying it's not necessary to make it part of the language.  You 
are right, this can be done pretty well without language support.  It just 
requires a little more thought.  This solution is still called thread-local 
storage I think even if it's not a language feature.