[Dev-C++] making data structures thread safe

[Siva C. <siv...@ya...>]

Hello all,

I am trying to understand on how to make a data
structure thread safe. I will use a simple example to
explain my problem.

Consider a class Array which encapsulates a 1d array
with the following definition:

<code>
class Array
{
public:
    ...
    ...
    int& operator[](int index);
    ...
    ...
};

Array A(10); // a 10 element array
</code>

This array A can be accessed by two different threads
simultaneously - one thread could be reading a[5], and
another writing a[5]! How to protect my array from
such read/write conflicts? I am looking for a solution
which enables a user of the array class not to bother
about such conflicts. Is such a thing possible? If
yes, what is it?

Thanks and regards,
Siva Chandra


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