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

From: "Johannes Sixt" <redacted>

One point is that the DCLP idiom must be implemented correctly. There are 
solutions, of course, and when the initialization is over, we have a 
miniscule overhead at each pthread_mutex_lock call.

I had to look up DCLP ( = Double Checked Locking Patterns), and found a good 
write up on the issues..

http://www.aristeia.com/Papers/DDJ_Jul_Aug_2004_revised.pdf "C++ and the 
Perils of Double-Checked Locking", which include 'C' issues, and 
multi-thread, multi-processor issues. Not an easy issue when fighting 
optimisers..

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Philip