C++11 thread_local in gcc - alternatives

Question

As I can see at: http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html thread_local keyword is unfortunately unsupported in gcc yet.

Are there any alternatives for that? I don\'t w

Answer 1

The gcc compiler has a storage class __thread that might be close enough.

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.1/gcc/Thread-Local.html