From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 06:10:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat: Allow static initializer for pthreads on Windows
Message-ID: <67e38b43-0264-12f2-cca8-4b718ed7dc9d@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlgxa8h3a.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Am 27.10.2016 um 08:02 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
>
>> Am 26.10.2016 um 23:57 schrieb Stefan Beller:
>>> In Windows it is not possible to have a static initialized mutex as of
>>> now, but that seems to be painful for the upcoming refactoring of the
>>> attribute subsystem, as we have no good place to put the initialization
>>> of the attr global lock.
>>
>> Please rewrite the attribute system such that it can have a dynamic
>> initialization. If you find a global initialization in main() too
>> gross (I would agree) then setup_git_directory() might be the right
>> place.
>
> As many codepaths may not even need access to the attributes, I
> doubt that would be a very productive direction to go.

So, what is productive then? Pessimizing one (not exactly minor) platform?

-- Hannes