Re: [PATCHES] Compiling libpq with VisualC - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

pgsql@mohawksoft.com wrote:

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>>What is the recommended way to create mutex objects (CreateMutex) from
>>Win32 libraries?  There must be a clean way like there is in pthreads.
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>A mutex is inherently a global object. CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, NULL) will
>return a handle to an unowned mutex.
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That's not the problem. Under pthread, it's possible to initialize a
mutex from compile time:

    static pthread_mutex_t init_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

This means that the mutex is immediately valid, no races with the
initialization. I couldn't find an equivalent Win32 feature.

--
    Manfred