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@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ points in applications and libraries: pthreadCancelableWait pthreadCancelableTimedWait +The library includes a non-portable function to force using the much +faster critical sections as the basis for POSIX mutexes when these are +not the default for a particular version of Windows (eg. W9x). + + pthread_mutexattr_setforcecs_np + +For example, if you don't ever use pthread_mutex_trylock() in your +application. Availability ------------ @@ -325,10 +333,12 @@ pthreads-win32, using Mingw32's gcc or g++. Building the library with MSVC ------------------------------ -There is currently no Makefile for building the library under MSVC. -This is partly because my access to MSVC is via telnet to a remote NT -machine. There is a batch file "buildlib.bat" which will build the -library. +A simple makefile for building the library with MSVC is available. The +Makefile by default links the library to MSVCRT.DLL. If your application +uses another C runtime library like LIBCMT.LIB, please edit the Makefile to +avoid conflicts between C-libraries. + +There is also a batch file "buildlib.bat" which will build the library. Documentation |