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From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
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Subject: Re: Not providing static libraries (libkse/libpthread)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 01:51:39PM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> > Is there a good reason for providing static libraries for
> > libpthread/libkse?  I'd like to not support them to get
> > rid of some hacks to make sure certain symbols are present
> > in the static library case.
> 
> I the maintenance cost is low and the hacks are not in the way
> of progress I think we should keep the static libraries. I think
> we're throwing something away too carelessly otherwise.
> 
> For example, the access sequences generated by compilers for
> variables that have the __thread attribute do really suck for
> when code is to be generated for dynamic linking. The access
> sequences in the static case are superior. The performance
> gain is significant if one can build a complete multi-threaded
> application.

Solaris and IRIX don't seem to provide static thread
libraries.  Does anyone know if Linux does?

-- 
Dan Eischen