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		shakna on Oct 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The C23 edition of Modern C The `thread_local` specifier is used on a few microcontroller platforms already, but would be absolutely illegal in C11 and before to use. However, it vastly simplifies memory management in a threaded context. Why would I rather step into the world of C++ just to deal with that?

casenmgreen on Oct 16, 2024 [–]

IIRC, performance and cost of thread local store varies greatly between platforms.

You have to know what you're biting into, before you use that.

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