Hi Eddy,
> Why can't I:
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <pthread.h>
>
> int main ()
> {
> printf("Value of PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE is: %d\n",
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
> return 0;
> }
>
> I have to define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 or _GNU_SOURCE to get it to work
>
> OS is SuSE 10.2 with provided version of GCC.
>
> Man page for pthread.h does not describe this requirement in any way and
> it seems just plain weird that the cross-platform / standard behaviour
> is NOT available without some voodoo...
Good question!
You should ask this question on a SuSe forum and/or on a Pthread forum.
Probably the former, moreso than the latter.
My platform does not have that requirement that you encountered. On my
system, the value of PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE is 2.
Sincerely,
--Eljay
