Re: POD function static initialization from function return, thread safe?

Thomas Richter writes:
> static struct foo f = {1,2};

Safe both inside and outside a function; initialized at compile time.
If keeps that value I'd insert a "const" there just to make that point
to myself, unless I need a non-const* pointer to it.

> (...)
>> Then even if Bar is invoked concurrently `value` will always be the
>> same for the rest of the Foo function call. Is this true? Or am I
>> playing with fire?
>
> You're playing with fire, sorry. Use a mutex to protect the
> initialization of "foo".

Or pthread_once() with a pthread_once_t variable.  That's what they are
for.

-- 
Hallvard