Thread safety of basic_string

[Nathan Myers]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:27:43AM +0000, Jason Merrill wrote:
> FWIW, SGI argued a while back that a reference-counted implementation of
> basic_string isn't very viable with threads:
> 
>   http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/string_discussion.html

It was a specious argument, when examined.  It's disgraceful
that they left it posted, as-is.

Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org