| # The Winpthreads Library | |
| This library provides POSIX threading APIs for mingw-w64. | |
| ## Linking Against Winpthreads | |
| For maximum compatibility, winpthreads headers expose APIs without the | |
| `dllimport` attribute by default. | |
| If your program is linked against the DLL, you may define the macro | |
| `WINPTHREADS_USE_DLLIMPORT` to add `dllimport` attributes to all APIs, | |
| which makes function calls to them a bit more efficient. | |
| Be careful when you build static libraries; you probably do not want to define | |
| `WINPTHREADS_USE_DLLIMPORT` unconditionally, to ensure that your code can link | |
| against either shared or static winpthreads. Note that winpthreads does not | |
| export any variables, which means that `dllimport` is not requred, with both | |
| MSVC and mingw-w64 toolchains. |