Re: [boost] [proposal] Atomically Thread-SafeReferenceCountingAlgorithm...

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-20 17:55:55

Chris Thomasson wrote:
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:009a01c6f39f$c72f3ff0$6507a8c0_at_pdimov2...
>> Hey Chris,
>
> [...]
>
>>> Here is a experimental prototype I created:
>>>
>>> http://appcore.home.comcast.net/vzoom/refcount/
>>
>> This doesn't contain any documentation, only source. You can't expect
>> people
>> to understand it without at least a brief reference that specifies
>> what the
>> various functions are supposed to do.
>
> Yeah... Sorry. I plan on posting docs soon.

You should probably post a C implementation of refcount-ia32 (for example 
using Interlocked* instrinsics as a pseudocode for XCHG and XADD).