static constexpr class member variable safe for multithreading reads?

Question

Is it safe to have a static constexpr member variable of a class being read simultaneously by multiple threads? e.g.:

class A{
  public:
    //some code here
  private:
    static constexpr std::size_t x_ = 99;

}

If I create multiple objects of type Class A, each object being used by a different thread, it it safe for each C++11 thread to independently read the member variable x_ without using any locking mechanisms?

Answer 1

Yes, this is safe. A data race happens when you have multiple threads and at least one of them is a writer and you have have no synchronization. If none of your threads are a writer (and you can't, because it is const) then you can't have a data race.