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

No STL container is thread safe. This way, the library has a general purpose (both to be used in single threading mode, or multi threading mode). In multithreading, you'll need to add the synchronization mechanism.