Re: localtime() thread-safe or not?

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"MarkMark" <MarkMark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>localtime() C Runtime API is documented 
>(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_crt_localtime.asp) 
>to return result in static memory, which, of course is not thread safe.
>
>However, indirect evidence 
>(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;104641) appears to 
>suggest that localtime() actually uses Thread Local Store which makes it 
>thread safe.
>
>So my question is -- is localtime() really thread safe or not?

You got several good answers to your question, but the RIGHT answer is "Use
the source, Luke".  The source for Microsoft's C runtime library is
included with the compiler.  You can look this up yourself.
-- 
- Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
.

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