Thread: About Static Variable and Thread-Safe

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    About Static Variable and Thread-Safe

    I was asked to write a function with a static variable in it. for example:

    Code:
    void foo(){
    static int a=1;
    a++;
    }
    Obviously this is not thread safe. Then I was asked to solve this problem to make it thread safe.
    I was told that I can use a class to wrap it. Does anybody has an idea what that is?

    Do you have a better solution?
    Last edited by meili100; 06-06-2007 at 07:58 PM.

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    think about why it isn't thread safe? what can you do to fix that?
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    If you don't know what a class is, consider learning that before you tackle thread synchronization.....

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