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Subject: Re: questions about memory_order_seq_cst fence
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Anthony Williams wrote:
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> no such guarantee. An SC load does not add any additional ordering
> constraints wrt non-SC operations over and above a load-acquire.

Then call it
memory_order_seq_cst_as_long_as_you_use_seq_cst_atomics_only and get rid
of it being default. 

regards,
alexander.