On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mar 02, 2007, at 18:36 UTC, Charles Yeomans wrote: > >> Maybe not. Now that I think about it, neither example is >> particularly thread-safe. In either example, foo can be changed by >> one thread while another yields during the loop. > > Right. But it may bear mentioning that this is not unique to static > variables; you'd have exactly the same issue accessing any global (or > module public) property, or a class shared property. > > As I always say, a static's just a global that can only be accessed in > the method where it's defined. :) Yep; I should make that point explicitly. ------------------------ Charles Yeomans http://www.declareSub.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
