But I'm keen to hear what, if any, other options exist - especially any that leave the fork() in place.

Interestingly enough, there's no such problem with *perl* globals

As you know, on Windows, forking is emulated using a thread. Perl globals are duplicated in the pseudo-fork because Perl knows about them. C globals aren't because Perl doesn't know about them.

The solution may be to declare a CLONE() special subroutine in your XS module (or the PM that fronts it) as described in Perlmod.

The basic mechanism is that whenever a thread is spawned (including a pseudo-fork), the CLONE() sub in your namespace will be called and you get the opportunity to make thread specific copies of your internal state. I can't give further details as I've never done it, but there should be some samples around (maybe in the DBD::* namespace?).

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In reply to Re: Win32, fork and XS globals by BrowserUk
in thread Win32, fork and XS globals by syphilis

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