Why does the atomic_count ++ operator return a “long”
for the win32,solaris and
sync compilers, but returns “void” for all
gcc compilers? The -- operator returns a
“long” in all cases, so this would appear to be
an annoying, anomalous behavior.
But hopefully a rational explanation exists.
Also, if it’s the value of the ++ that is wanted, two threads
could return the same
value of this atomic counter, since another call is required
to obtain it for the gcc case.
Thank you,
Doug