Re: copying mutexes, cv and pthread_ts
Ian Collins wrote:
Earl Purple wrote:
No you don't want static members.
Why not?
Because a static member is the same for every instance of the class.
Just because you can't copy the class doesn't mean you can't have more than one instance.
Isn't that what I said?
But having a static member means a variable that is shared between
every instance of your class. Do you really want that?
If you want to share this collection aruond then use shared_ptr. (It's
in tr1 and boost). The only worry is that shared_ptr isn't strictly
thread-safe but actually the only issue is in deletion if two threads
decrease the reference count at the same time and then either both or
neither thread invokes the delete. With proper marshalling you can
avoid this problem.
What benefit does this offer over a static member?
shared_ptr simply gives reference counting to pointers. Pointers are
weak-references to the same class. When you copy a shared_ptr you
simply up its reference count so you do not need to handle the memory
management, and when the last reference is destroyed, the class is
deleted, with its destructor called.
The big advantage of C++ is RAII which is basically the automatic use
of destructors.
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