Subj : Re: stupid threading question ....
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : John Hickin
Date : Mon Aug 15 2005 05:18 pm

It has been a while since I did anything on Windows but I remember that
there were critical sections under the hood during DLL init. This was a
source of all kinds of interactions.


Regards, John.

"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote in message
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> "John Hickin" <hickin@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message
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> > "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote in message
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> >>     Why would there be a problem? The function isn't changing, so two
> >> threads are just reading the same unchanging information.
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> > If the thread function maps in a DLL the latter's init code will run. I
> > think that could be a Windows-specific gotcha.
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>     Why would that be a gotcha? So what?
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>     DS
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>

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