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static std::mutex is safe to construct, thanks to magic statics

Before osyncstream, the fix for a shared log sink was a static std::mutex. But is the static mutex itself safe to initialize under threads? Yes, thanks to C++11 magic statics: a function-local static is constructed exactly once even under a stampede. With the mutex-versus-osyncstream trade-off. Episode 3 of the concurrent I/O series.

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