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+Prerequisites
+-------------
+MSVC or GNU C (MSys - MinGW32)
+ To build from source.
+
+QueueUserAPCEx by Panagiotis E. Hadjidoukas
+ For true async cancelation of threads (including blocked threads).
+ This is a DLL and Windows driver that provides pre-emptive APC
+ by forcing threads into an alertable state when the APC is queued.
+ Both the DLL and driver are provided with the pthreads-win32.exe
+ self-unpacking ZIP, and on the pthreads-win32 FTP site (in source
+ and pre-built forms). Currently this is a separate LGPL package to
+ pthreads-win32. See the README in the QueueUserAPCEx folder for
+ installation instructions.
+
+ Pthreads-win32 will automatically detect if the QueueUserAPCEx DLL
+ QuserEx.DLL is available and whether the driver AlertDrv.sys is
+ loaded. If it is not available, pthreads-win32 will simulate async
+ cancelation, which means that it cannot pre-empt blocked threads.
+
+
Library naming
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