Re: Thread-safety of assignment of std::exception_ptr (C++0x)
"Scott Meyers" <NeverRead@aristeia.com>
This can work only if assignment to xp (i.e., a std::exception_ptr object)
is thread-safe. I see no such guarantee in draft C++0x, but I'm hoping
I'm overlooking something. Is there any reason to believe that assignment
to a std::exception_ptr object is thread-safe?
17.6.3.10 is pretty explicit about the baseline with standard library types.
(race condition == UB unless explicitly allowed for the type/operation).
As I read 18.8.5 it defines exception_ptr and there is no mention of that
allowance.
I interpret that as your concern being valid, and you shall protect your
shared exception_ptr from race to have defined behavior.
Originally I was to say that it may be an overlook worth a DR, but thinking
again, why this case should be special? And why you expect it to be more
thread safe than say if you had a shared vector<string> and had
push_back(ex.what()) in the catch handler? Or just increment a simple int
hing to get proper count?
Do you see a blocking factor to use any of the usual access-serialization
measures in your situation?
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