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On 23.03.2014 19:59, John E. / TDM wrote:
> On 3/23/2014 4:12 AM, JonY wrote:
>> On 3/19/2014 23:49, Torbjörn Rathsman wrote:
>>> The goal of C++ is that features not used should be possible to
>>> disable. If the C++ thread library is not used I would like an
>>> option -no-std-threads or something.
> *snip*
>> If you don't need C++11 thread support, don't use Posix thread
>> version. Use the regular win32 thread version.
> 
> This is indeed the path users must take right now: choosing a
> different compiler build depending on what features they want to
> use. In many cases they don't even understand the features they're
> choosing among, or when to use which toolchain.
> 
> * SJLJ unwinding * DW2 unwinding * SEH unwinding

I sincerely hope that SEH (and its x86_64 cousin) will replace
everything this year, so the need to choose between different
unwindings will disappear.

> * Win32 threading * POSIX threading

It's a matter of adding native-W32-threads-using code to GCC. Doing
that will remove winpthreads dependency. So far no one seems to be
bothered enough to code this.


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