Transactional memory in MinGW

[Ian Lance Taylor]

niXman <i.nixman@gmail.com> writes:

>> Thread model: posix
>> gcc version 4.7.0
>
>
> This means POSIX system?

Alas, no.


> Moreover, if I replace line 134 in file gccroot/libitm/configure.tgt [1] from:
>>   | *-*-darwin* | *-*-aix*)
> to:
>>   | *-*-darwin* | *-*-aix* | *-w64-mingw32)
>
> libitm configures and builds well. And the code that uses
> Transactional Memory, also is compiled and linked successfully.
>
> But when running, occurs segmentation fault.
>
> I created the bug-report: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52787
>
> I think there is still hope to make Transactional Memory work in MinGW.

I'm sure it can be made to work.  But you, or somebody else, will have
to actually do the work.  It's not enough to just say that it works.

Ian