Re: [boost] detail::atomic_counter

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-20 07:16:58

From: "Greg Colvin" <gcolvin_at_[hidden]>
> > I don't agree with you. I think that atomic_counter's underlying
philosophy
> > is: "it's just like the good old long type, except you need not protect
it
> > when multiple threads are involved".
>
> I'll let Peter speak to what the philosophy is, but I believe
> atomic_counter should be as simple and fast as possible, doing
> one thing and doing it well.  If you also want an atomic_integer
> then go for it.

Agreed. The philosophy is 'simple and fast thread-safe reference count',
with a primary 'client' being shared_ptr.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.