Hi, Ivan Maidanski <[email protected]> writes:
>> pthread_setspecific (key, GC_STRDUP ("hello, world"));
>
> Just one note. Are you aware that this code is equivalent (since TLS is not
> traced by GC) to:
>
> (void)GC_STRDUP ("hello, world");
> pthread_setspecific (key, <some_number>);
Yes. The only point of this statement is to stress the GC and associate
an initial value with the key (otherwise its destructor is never
called.)
Thanks,
Ludo’.
