Check availability of constructor attribute and use it on Windows in favor of DllMain

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ed9270c..cdd388b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,6 +83,24 @@ case ${host_os} in
 esac
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WIN32, test x$win32 = xtrue)
 
+# Check if the C compiler supports __attribute__((constructor))
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([wether the C compiler supports constructor/destructor attributes],
+  ac_cv_attribute_constructor, [
+  ac_cv_attribute_constructor=no
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+    [[
+      static void __attribute__((constructor)) test_constructor(void) {
+      }
+      static void __attribute__((destructor)) test_destructor(void) {
+      }
+    ]], [])],
+    [ac_cv_attribute_constructor=yes]
+  )]
+)
+if test "$ac_cv_attribute_constructor" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_CONSTRUCTOR, 1, [Define if the C compiler supports constructor/destructor attributes])
+fi
+
 AC_CHECK_MEMBER(struct dirent.d_type, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DIRENT_D_TYPE, 1, [define if struct dirent has member d_type]),, [#include <dirent.h>])
 
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