Re: [xml] thread safe?

[David Frascone <dave frascone com>]

I use libxml all the time in a threaded program, but, I never make concurrent
calls.  (The actual code that calls libxml is a single thread of execution).

I have absolutely no problems with it.


-Dave

On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 08:33:49AM -0400, Fred_Smith computrition com wrote:
> Oh my. Here I've been operating under the belief that libxml is thread-safe
> (I wonder where I got that idea).  Can someone point to ways in which it is
> not safe, for my enlightenment? Is the nature of the unsafe-ness such that
> I can handle it by using a mutex to prevent more than one thread at a time
> from entering any of my code (two sections of code) that use libxml or is
> it of a more serious nature?
>
> I've gone so far as to be nearly ready to deliver product that uses it in a
> multithreaded way, so this revelation has my heart up in my throat.
>
> Details will be appreciated.
>
> Fred
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> Gary Pennington <Gary Pennington uk sun com> on 06/25/2001 04:47:52 AM
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> To:   Steven James Pulito <spulito givingcapital com>
> cc:   xml gnome org, xslt gnome org (bcc: Fred Smith/Computrition)
> Subject:  Re: [xml] thread safe?
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> Neither is thread-safe.
> Gary
> Steven James Pulito wrote:
> > What is the status of limxml and libxslt as far as thread safety??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
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