Re: [PATCH] compat: Allow static initializer for pthreads on Windows

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

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As many codepaths may not even need access to the attributes, I
doubt that would be a very productive direction to go.

So, what is productive then? Pessimizing one (not exactly minor) platform?

Lazy on-demand initialization as needed, perhaps?  The on-demand
initialization mechanism may become no-op on some platforms that can
do static initialization.

Ah, I think I misunderstood your "please rewrite".  Did you mean to
add "void attr_start(void)" helper function to attr.c that does
series of pthread_mutex_init() calls as needed?  That function can
be called from main() of platforms that cannot statically initialize
mutices, while on other platforms it can be a no-op as long as the
variables are statically initialized?  If so, that would not pessimize
any platform, I would think.