[omniORB] Omni_mutex and static global object

[Alex Tingle]

Harri Pasanen <harri.pasanen at trema.com> wrote:

> GNU/g++ older than 3.3.x on HP-UX.   I know gcc on AIX used to
> have it as well, don't remember the version.

Thanks. I'll watch out for them.

> The fact that initialization and shutdown orders are arbitrary is also
> a problem, especially if one of those objects is holding a lock.

I wouldn't call that a problem. If you use static initialisers, you must
accept that you have no control over the order of execution. Ada has a
pragma which enables the programmer to specify the order, but there's no
such mechanism in C++, as far as I know.

So I agree, you'd be mad to do anything that required locking a mutex
(for example) before you get to main().

-Alex

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