This is the first time I'm using boost in a multi-threaded env (linux x86_64,gcc 4). This question may have been asked in other forms. However, from what I've been able to search (google) up, I could not get a crystal clear answer. I'm essentially trying to use the solution provided in this page. http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/05/04/smart-pointers.html?page=5.
From the boost documentation, it appears that this could be an undefined operation as the global shared pointer is being read and written to by multiple threads. Is that correct ? In case the link fails or someone wants more details, please read on. I've got a n reader threads and 1 writer thread. initializion Thread : shared_ptr< MyClass > global_ptr(createNewObject()) ; WriterThread :global_ptr.reset( createNewObject())
ReaderThreads:weak_ptr<MyClass> local_weak_ptr (globally_ptr) ;... if(shared_ptr< MyClass > local_shared_ptr = local_weak_ptr.lock() ) { // using local_shared_ptr.} else { // recreate weak ptr from global ?} thanks. Rajeev