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On 2011-06-11 12:58:12 -1000, Moshbear dot Net said:

> 
> Is there a portable way of doing
> atomic {
>   ++xctr;
>   ctr = xctr;
> }
> 

std::atomic<int> xctr = 0;

and

ctr = ++xctr;

That's with C++11; your library might already have it.

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  Pete
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