Re: single threaded performance enhancement

[Padraig Brady]

Wolfram Gloger wrote:

> > So you can't have the single-threaded app calling
> > for e.g. getc_unlocked and a consituent multithreaded
> > library calling getc? bummer. Why not?
>
> Because getc_unlocked assumes (and may assume) it is the only thread
> that accesses stdio's internal data structures.
>
> Regards,
> Wolfram.

Oh I see now. When I said multithreaded lib previously I hadn't
considered the lib itself creating it's own threads, as opposed
to being just thread safe. Yes so you are correct in this case,
bummer. Thanks for the clarification.

Padraig.