Is std::string thead-safe with gcc 4.3?

Question

I\'m developing a multithreaded program running on Linux (compiled with G++ 4.3) and if you search around for a bit you find a lot of scary stories about std::string not bei

Answer 1

This section of the libstdc++ internals states:

The C++ library string functionality requires a couple of atomic operations to provide thread-safety. If you don't take any special action, the library will use stub versions of these functions that are not thread-safe. They will work fine, unless your applications are multi-threaded.

The reference counting should work in a multi-threaded environment. (unless your system doesn't provide the necessary atomics)