how to make a function thread-safe ?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3AA94A6A.50138001 at noaa.gov>,
j vickroy  <jim.vickroy at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>If a function may be applied (simultaneously) by multiple threads is the
>safe (correct) procedure to wrap the function inside a class and have
>each thread create its own instance of the class?

As long as the function uses strictly local data, there's no need to do
any wrapping or locking, just as it's safe to use functions from the
string module.  If the function uses shared data, things get a lot more
complicated, and you'll need to give us more info if you want advice.
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