synchronization question

[neo_the_1]

hi guys,

i cant made up my mind about this.
if i have an stl vector with n elements that will never change its content,
and there are two threads accessing this vector for read purposes only,
do i need to synchronize this object ?

thanks

[rxbagain]

I don't think you need synchronization to share the vector in read mode. Just make sure that only the vector is shared, not the iterators.

[Arjay]

No synchronization is required if all threads are read-only.

However, make sure the vector is completely populated prior to starting the threads.