How to allocate thread local storage?

Question

I have a variable in my function that is static, but I would like it to be static on a per thread basis.

How can I allocate the memory for my C++ class such that eac

Answer 1

boost::thread_specific_ptr is the best way as it portable solution.

On Linux & GCC you may use __thread modifier.

So your instance variable will look like:

static __thread MyClass *instance = new MyClass();