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Static initialization order fiasco in utils.h
There are two global variables in utils.h that cause a static initialization order fiasco: all_sinks and standard_sink.
The Sink class uses all_sinks in a constructor:
explicit Sink(SinkOptions o) : opts(o) { all_sinks.append(this); }
There is a global variable called standard_sink created as standard_sink(SinkOptions(STDERR_FILENO)).
As per C++ standard, the order of static variables initialization is undefined. Which means that standard_sink may be created before all_sinks is initialized. See https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/ctors#static-init-order for more information.