Re: Threads: Atomic Counter

From: William Kempf (sirwillard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-31 15:19:30

--- In boost_at_[hidden], "Bill Wade" <bill.wade_at_s...> wrote:
> > From: William Kempf [mailto:sirwillard_at_m...]
> > I'm not
> > at all sure that any of this applies to the discussion of a 
portable
> > atomic_t though.
> 
> I admit we got bogged down in trivia.  I think the main point is to 
provide
> an atomic counter that has enough features to be useful, but not so 
many
> features that it won't be fast.

Agreed.  You aren't suggesting that exchange is not useful, however, 
are you?  It's really the only portable way to read/write an atomic_t 
value.  (I'm not distinguishing exchange() from get()/set() because 
they are equivalent functionality with different interface 
signatures.)

Bill Kempf