Re: libpq Win32 Mutex performance patch

Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Silently not locking is surely
>> not very safe.
>>
>
> Here is the dump code version of the patch.  If anyone wants the return
> value idea, let me know.
>
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>

A more graceful solution would be to print something to stderr and then
exit.  This allows an app's atexit funcs to run.  I don't think libpq
should core dump an app by choice.  I'd be pretty upset if a library I
was using core dumped in some cases rather than exiting.

andrew