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2006.09.22 14:20 "[Tiff] libjpeg", by Philip Watkinson
2006.09.22 14:31 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 15:22 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.22 16:31 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 17:49 "RE: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Philip Watkinson
2006.09.22 17:09 "RE: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 17:25 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.23 00:51 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Graeme Gill
2006.09.23 01:45 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 15:20 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.22 16:42 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 17:31 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.22 18:09 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Toby Thain
2006.09.22 18:16 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 19:21 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.22 18:29 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 19:18 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme
2006.09.22 20:09 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.09.22 20:21 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme

2006.09.22 15:22 "Re: [Tiff] libjpeg", by Joris Van Damme

Bob,

Is libjpeg thread safe?

An often debated question, but in my opinion `no'. The only safe way to use it is under a lock.

Are you claiming a lock is necessary for serializing all LibJpeg usage, or a lock is necessary per decoding/encoding session? In either of these cases, what exactly do you think is the unsafe stuff?

Best regards,

Joris Van Damme
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