Re: Are static functions thread-safe?
<ThomasRony@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have a static member function of a class that is called
simultaneously by multiple threads. This static member function does
not use any static member variables, global variables or static
variables. A context pointer ("this" pointer) is passed to this static
function, and it manipulates the data in the object pointed by "this".
Each thread uses its own instance of class containing the static
member function.
Is this static member function thread-safe?
Yes. From your description, it appears that no two threads ever access
the same memory location. That is, assuming multiple instances of the
object don't share data.
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