Re: [PATCH v3] win32: pthread_cond_init should return a value

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 21, 2025, 01:46 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqecps5f8u.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2103.v3.git.git.1763675016637.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"AZero13 via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> From: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com>
>
> This value is not checked, but it must return to match POSIX
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com>
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>     win32: pthread_cond_init should return a value
>     
>     This value is not checked, but it must return to match POSIX
> ...
> -#define pthread_cond_init(a,b) InitializeConditionVariable((a))
> +#define pthread_cond_init(a,b) return_0((InitializeConditionVariable((a)), 0))

This is tricky and I like it.

Because InitializeConditionVariable() returns void, and return_0() is defined as such:

    static inline int return_0(int i) { return 0; }

you cannot directly pass InitializeConditionVariable() to it, so you use a comma operator and pass 0 to return_0(). Because the type of the comma operator with mixed operands is the type of the rightmost operand, the type of "InitializeConditionVariable((a)), 0" is type of "0", so return_0() would happily take it as an int, and returns 0.

This should work correctly, but it still is tricky and yucky.

You may not have to use return_0(), but OK.

Will queue.  Thanks.