new and delete from different threads
I am aware that the C++ standard in its present form does not say
anything about threads, however I do have a relevant question.
I am working on Windows XP/VC++ 8.0.
Is there a problem new'ing a bunch of objects from one thread and
deleting them in another? I do something like:
struct GenericPointerDeleter
{
template<typename T>
void operator()(T* p)
{
if (ptr != 0)
{
delete ptr;
ptr = 0;
}
}
};
typedef vector<classofpointers*> vecptrs;
int main()
{
vecptrs myptrs;
CreateThread(...... (LPVOID)&myptrs........);
// use some platform specific API to wait until
threadcallbackroutine terminates
pseudo_wait_for_terminate(threadcallbackroutine);
for_each(myptrs.begin(), myptrs.end(), GenericPointerDeleter());
}
DWORD WINAPI threadcallbackroutine(LPVOID param)
{
vecptrs* my_ptrs = static_cast<vecptrs*>(param);
my_ptrs->push_back(new classofpointers());
return 0;
}
I have vastly simplified what is essentially happening in my
application...
Should I be careful about new'ing and deleting from the same thread?
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