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Subject: Re: [Aspell-user] Thread Safety Question
From: Kevin Atkinson <kevina () gnu ! org>
Date: 2005-10-20 10:43:47
Message-ID: 20051020044152.P36934 () bas ! flux ! utah ! edu
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Jake Goulding wrote:
> Is the current version (0.60.3) thread safe? Browsing the manual for
> aspell has these two relvant sections:
>
> 6.1.4 Notes About Thread Safety
>
> Aspell should be thread safe, when used properly, as long as the
> underlying compiler, C and C++ library is thread safe. Aspell objects,
> including the AspellSpeller class, should not be used by multiple
> threads unless they are protected by locks or it is only accessed by
> read-only methods. A method is read-only only if a |const| object is
> passed in. Many methods that seam to be read-only are not because they
> may store state information in the object.
I said "should" since I have not formally verified Aspell to be thread
safe in the areas I talk about. However, I never had any bug reports in
this area.
> D.1.1 Things that need to be done
>
> * Make Aspell *Thread safe*. Even though Aspell itself is not
> multi-threaded I would like it to be thread safe so that it can be
> used by multi-threaded programs. There are several areas of Aspell
> that that are potently thread unsafe (such as accessing a global
> pool) and several classes which have the potential of being used
> by more than one thread (such as the personal dictionary). /[In
> Progress]/.
It is "In Progress" since I still need to do the formal verification as
mentioned above.
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