- static Buffer * staticbuffer = theBufferList().newInternalBuffer(
- tempfile.name().absFileName());
-
- // These two things only really need doing the first time.
- staticbuffer->setUnnamed(true);
- staticbuffer->inset().setBuffer(*staticbuffer);
-
+ // The initialization of staticbuffer is thread-safe. Using a lambda
+ // guarantees that the properties are set only once.
+ static Buffer * staticbuffer = [&](){
+ Buffer * b =
+ theBufferList().newInternalBuffer(tempfile.name().absFileName());
+ b->setUnnamed(true);
+ b->inset().setBuffer(*b);
+ //initialize staticbuffer with b
+ return b;
+ }();