My threaded application crashes. Is botan thread safe?
Yes, botan is thread safe. However, because mutual exclusion depends on OS specific code, you must load a module to help. POSIX threads and Win32 critical sections are both supported out of the box, other thread libraries are very easy to add. To enable thread safe operation, include “thread_safe” in the string you pass to Botan::LibraryInitializer. If for whatever reason a working mutex implementation cannot be found, LibraryInitializer will throw an exception rather than continue operating in a bad state.
