Re: Thread-specific variables?

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From: Bob Dedrick
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1993 02:09

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In article <28efue$478@access.digex.net> kbennett@access.digex.net (Keith R. Bennett) writes:
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>I have a question about thread programming.  Is there any way to make
>a given variable specific to an instance of a thread?
>
>[...]

There is no way (that I know of) to make a *global* variable specific to
a thread.  However, since each thread has its own stack, any variables
allocated on the stack (as automatics or using _alloca()) will be thread-
specific.
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