Globals slow down start time and more importantly to me cause currentThread() to be called before WTF::initializeThreading() has been called.
Created attachment 101470 [details] Patch
Comment on attachment 101470 [details] Patch I'm afraid these are both my fault. Thanks for fixing them!
No worries. (It wasn't a big problem until my next patch in bug 64577 :).) Committed as http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/91378