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<h1 align="center">Boost.Threads</h1>
<h2 align="center">call_once</h2>
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<p><A href="#Introduction">Introduction</A><br>
<A href="#Header">Header</A><br>
<A href="#Synopsis">Synopsis</A><br>
<A href="#Members">Members</A><br>
<A href="#Example">Example</A></p>
<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
<p>The <code>call_once</code> routine and <code>once_flag</code> type can be used to
run a routine exactly once. This can be used to initialize data in a
<a href="definitions.html#Thread-safe">thread-safe</a> manner.</p>
<h2><a name="Header">Header</a></h2>
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#include <a href="../../../boost/thread/once.hpp">&lt;boost/thread/once.hpp&gt;</a>
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<h2><a name="Synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
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namespace boost {
typedef <i>[implementation defined]</i> once_flag;
const once_flag once_init = <i>[implementation defined]</i>;
void call_once(void (*func)(), once_flag&amp; flag);
} // namespace boost
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<h2><a name="Reference">Reference</a></h2>
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<h3>once_flag</h3>
<p>This implementation defined type is used as a flag to insure a routine is called only once.
Instances of this type should be statically initialized to <code>once_init</code>.</p>
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<h3>once_init</h3>
<p>This is a constant value used to initialize <code>once_flag</code> instances
to indicate that the logically associated routine has not been run yet.</p>
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<h3>call_once</h3>
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void call_once(void (*func)(), once_flag&amp; flag);
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<p><b>Requires:</b> The function <code>func</code> shall not throw exceptions.</p>
<p><b>Effects:</b> As if (in an atomic fashion)</p>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (flag == once_init)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;func();
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<p><b>Postcondition:</b> <code>flag</code> != <code>once_init</code></p>
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<h2><a name="Example">Example Usage</a></h2>
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#include <a href="../../../boost/thread/thread.hpp">&lt;boost/thread/thread.hpp&gt;</a>
#include <a href="../../../boost/thread/tss.hpp">&lt;boost/thread/once.hpp&gt;</a>
#include &lt;cassert&gt;
int value=0;
boost::once_flag once = boost::once_init;
void init()
{
++value;
}
void thread_proc()
{
boost::call_once(&amp;init, once);
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
boost::thread_group threads;
for (int i=0; i&lt;5; ++i)
threads.create_thread(&amp;thread_proc);
threads.join_all();
assert(value == 1);
}
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->13 September, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39334" -->
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<p><i>© Copyright <a href="mailto:williamkempf@hotmail.com">William E. Kempf</a>
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