# Does setrounding need to be thread unsafe?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-setrounding-need-to-be-thread-unsafe/89086>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 21, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-setrounding-need-to-be-thread-unsafe/89086 "2022-10-21T21:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-setrounding-need-to-be-thread-unsafe/89086/1 "2022-10-21T21:38:07Z")

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`setrounding` is thread unsafe. Is there a problem with making the rounding mode thread- or task-local?