How to Write Thread-Safe-Yet-Scalable Classes

When writing thread-safe classes, the main issue is to separate the data into multiple independent parts — and to choose the right size for those parts. If the part is too small, our class is not thread-safe. If the part is too large, the class is not scalable.

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Let us look at an example that further illustrates this scenario: