Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Manfred Spraul wrote:
>
> >
> > Wrong. There are portable test-and-set functions in the Win32 SDK: for
> > example InterlockedCompareExchange. They operate on ints and do not
> > need initialization.
>
> 'k, missed that one. Lets use it.
>
> >
> > There is a third option: Add one C++ file and use the constructor to
> > initialize the mutex. VisualC is always a C++ compiler, thus C++
> > support shouldn't be an issue.
>
> Our code is potentially not only VC.
True, MinGW and Cygwin. Can we do the C solution?
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