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0 pointsKranar5mo ago0 comments

It's a common misconception that std::shared_ptr is thread safe. The counter is thread safe, but the actual shared_ptr itself can not be shared across multiple threads.

There is now atomic_shared_ptr which is thread safe.

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delduca5mo ago

It is now a template specialization of atomic std::atomic<std::shared_ptr<T>>.

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0 pointsKranar5mo ago0 comments

It's a common misconception that std::shared_ptr is thread safe. The counter is thread safe, but the actual shared_ptr itself can not be shared across multiple threads.

There is now atomic_shared_ptr which is thread safe.

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delduca5mo ago

It is now a template specialization of atomic std::atomic<std::shared_ptr<T>>.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse