+#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER)
+ // we can use this only as initializer so we have to assign it first to a
+ // temp var - assigning directly to m_mutex wouldn't even compile
+ pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
+ m_internal->m_mutex = mutex;
+#else // no recursive mutexes
+ pthread_mutex_init(&(m_internal->m_mutex), NULL);
+#endif // HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_T/...