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+7  Q: 

Difference between Re-entrant and Thread-Safe function

What is the difference between a re-entrant function and a thread safe function?

+3  A: 

Did you check the wiki article on the subject. It explains it pretty well IMO.

Brian Rasmussen  2010-02-17 06:52:52
+1  A: 

Re-entrant means no global state (local only).

Thread safe means it is not possible for 2 (or more) threads to conflict with each other (by writing conflicting values).

Mitch Wheat  2010-02-17 06:54:35
but as Brian says, the wiki article explains it well...
Mitch Wheat  2010-02-17 06:55:19

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