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In programming, a variable used only within the routine or function it is defined in. When the function is finished and control is returned back to the part of the program that called it, the local ...

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My question is simple. Is a static local variable's initialization thread safe? <br><br>Acording to Stroustrup: <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <font size="-1 ...