How EGCS with multi-threaded compliance?

[Ulrich Drepper]

dlucas@checkfree.com (David Lucas) writes:

> But if the function using the static object (mutex) is being called from
> static space, and not after main starts (which at that point all statics
> are guarenteed initialized), then a chicken and egg condition could
> occur.  =-)

No, the bss section is initialized to zeroes even before the
application (or the DL, resp) gets control.  You must have very little
confidence in the competence of the people developing Unix systems.

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