+// this macro allows to define an object which will be initialized before any
+// other function in this file is called: this is necessary to allow log
+// functions to be used during static initialization (this is not advisable
+// anyhow but we should at least try to not crash) and to also ensure that they
+// are initialized by the time static initialization is done, i.e. before any
+// threads are created hopefully
+//
+// the net effect of all this is that you can use Get##name() function to
+// access the object without worrying about it being not initialized
+//
+// see also WX_DEFINE_GLOBAL_CONV2() in src/common/strconv.cpp
+#define WX_DEFINE_GLOBAL_VAR(type, name) \
+ inline type& Get##name() \
+ { \
+ static type s_##name; \
+ return s_##name; \
+ } \
+ \
+ type *gs_##name##Ptr = &Get##name()
+