On 01/10/15 18:34 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
On 10/01/2015 06:32 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
I would suggest we don't try to reproduce the standard definition, but
just say the weak version can fail spuriously and the strong can't.
IMHO this isn't the place to educate people in the fine points of
low-level atomics. As it says, "when in doubt use the strong
variation".
i.e. apply this in addition to my earlier suggestion.
"If you don't already know what a weak CAS is you probably should
not even think of using it." :)
Exactly. These are not the built-ins you're looking for. :)