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Re: Making the creation of atomic_flag optional

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.std.c
Subject Re: Making the creation of atomic_flag optional
Date 2024-02-03 12:09 +0100
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On 02/02/2024 11:18, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Currently, atomics are an all-or-nothing choice (via __SDTC_NO_ATOMICS__).
> 
> I'd like to see a third option: support atomics, except for the creation 
> of atomic_flag from allocated storage (or raw character arrays). This 
> would make it feasible to implement atomics for some low-end systems, 
> that otherwise can't support them efficiently.
> 
> Your opinions on the proposal and the proposed wording are welcome:
> http://www.colecovision.eu/stuff/proposal-atomic_flag.html
> 
> Philipp

I think it is fine to implement parts of the atomics - you just can't 
define the __SDTC_NO_ATOMICS__ symbol unless you cover it all.

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Making the creation of atomic_flag optional Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2024-02-02 11:18 +0100
  Re: Making the creation of atomic_flag optional David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-03 12:09 +0100
    Re: Making the creation of atomic_flag optional Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2024-02-08 08:44 +0100

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