| # The Winpthreads Library |
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| This library provides POSIX threading APIs for mingw-w64. |
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| ## Linking Against Winpthreads |
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| For maximum compatibility, winpthreads headers expose APIs without the |
| `dllimport` attribute by default. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
