Re: Static libraries initialization

[Roland Schwarz <roland.schwarz@chello.at>]

Ross Johnson wrote:
> Now there is only the thread detach cleanup to deal with. I haven't
> found an equivalent to atexit() for win32 native threads. Is there one,
> or is there another way to make this automatic? The problem is as follows:-

Sorry for dropping in. I did not follow this list for a while, but the
above question triggered me.

While I was solving the cleanup problem for the boost TLS implementation
for static linking I came over a not so well known feature of the PE
file format:

The operating system calls into a hook on every detaching thread similar
to DllMain, but also for statically linked libs.

Withou going into detail: This is compiler dependent and has been made
working for MSVC and gcc compilers. Borland unfortunately cannot
be made to work. :-(

You might look for the details in the boost threading lib, or contact
me if you need more details.

Ah, yes not to forget to mention: credits for this idea go to Aaron La
Framboise.

Regards,

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