gistfile1.cpp

// Define a static local variable once, safely, for MSVC
//
// This macro is necessary because MSVC pre-2013 doesn't
// properly implement C++11 static local initialization.
// It is equivalent to writing something like
//
//     static type var = stmt;
//
// in a compliant compiler (e.g. GCC since who knows when)

// States for lock checking
enum { uninitialized = 0, initializing, initialized };

// Preprocessor hackery for anonymous variables
#define PASTE_IMPL(x, y) x ## y
#define PASTE(x, y) PASTE_IMPL(x, y)
#define ANON_VAR(var) PASTE(var, __LINE__)

#define STATIC_DEFINE_ONCE(type, var, stmt)                     \
    static type var;                                            \
    static int ANON_VAR(state);                                 \
    bool ANON_VAR(cont) = true;                                 \
    while (ANON_VAR(cont)) {                                    \
        switch (InterlockedCompareExchange(&ANON_VAR(state),    \
                initializing, uninitialized)) {                 \
        case uninitialized:                                     \
            var = stmt;                                         \
            InterlockedExchange(&ANON_VAR(state), initialized); \
            ANON_VAR(cont) = false;                             \
            break;                                              \
        case initializing:                                      \
            continue;                                           \
        case initialized:                                       \
            ANON_VAR(cont) = false;                             \
            break;                                              \
        }                                                       \
    } do { } while (0)