Add test to illustrate thread safety issue if used wrongly#9
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Add test to illustrate thread safety issue if used wrongly#9hodlinator wants to merge 1 commit intostlab:mainfrom
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I spotted a potential footgun while reviewing an integration of
copy_on_writeinto a project which does not have a history of enforcing value-semantics (bitcoin/bitcoin#34424). The footgun shouldn't be firing that often, but I still thought it would be worth documenting with a test.The initial description in copy_on_write.hpp states:
If Regular implies value-semantics in a way that makes this issue impossible, it might be useful to replicate a description of those constraints in this repository. Or link to a preferred definition.
The issue could be mitigated somewhat by changing the
write()-overloads to be more restrictive (returnvoidandassert(unique())after mutation):But I understand that would be prohibitive for existing projects.