- // notice that we must use an accessor function and not a static variable
- // because when the TLS variables support is implemented in the library (and
- // not by the compiler), the global s_cache variable could be not yet
- // initialized when a ctor of another global object is executed and if that
- // ctor uses any wxString methods, bad things happen
- static Cache& GetCache()
+#ifndef wxHAS_COMPILER_TLS
+ // we must use an accessor function and not a static variable when the TLS
+ // variables support is implemented in the library (and not by the compiler)
+ // because the global s_cache variable could be not yet initialized when a
+ // ctor of another global object is executed and if that ctor uses any
+ // wxString methods, bad things happen
+ //
+ // however notice that this approach does not work when compiler TLS is used,
+ // at least not with g++ 4.1.2 under amd64 as it apparently compiles code
+ // using this accessor incorrectly when optimizations are enabled (-O2 is
+ // enough) -- luckily we don't need it then neither as static __thread
+ // variables are initialized by 0 anyhow then and so we can use the variable
+ // directly
+ WXEXPORT static Cache& GetCache()