Re: [c++-pthreads] Initialization of local static mutex

[Mark Mitchell <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roland Schwarz wrote:
> Mark Mitchell wrote:
> > PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER is supposed to be a constant-expression 
> > (like "-1" or "{ 1, 0 }"), so the initialization will happen before 
> > foo is called, typically at program start-up.
> This was not my question, or concern. I am not asking what is typical,
> but if it is possible that a standard conforming compiler can suffer
> from such a race condition.
A standard-conforming compiler, used with a standard-conforming POSIX 
library, cannot suffer from a race condition in the code that you posted 
because PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER must be a constant-expression.
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