Aug 13, 2015 · Objects of atomic types are the only C++ objects that are free from data races; that is, if one thread writes to an atomic object while another thread reads from it, the behavior is well-defined. …

In the Effective Java book, it states: The language specification guarantees that reading or writing a variable is atomic unless the variable is of type long or double [JLS, 17.4.7]. What do...

Oct 20, 2014 · Why the standard make that difference? It seems as both designate, in the same way, an atomic type.

Jan 23, 2025 · At least atomic<shared_ptr<T>> gives you per-object locking, instead of a single lock for the whole stack. So multiple threads can be waiting for different locks if multiple pops start in parallel.

Apr 30, 2016 · I remember I came across certain types in the C language called atomic types, but we have never studied them. So, how do they differ from regular types like int,float,double,long etc., and …

Jan 16, 2024 · @anatolyg if waiting through std::atomic_bool::wait is somehow inferior to waiting on std::condition_variable, then that'd be a reason to use the old version, at least in some cases. It's a …

Jun 4, 2014 · The definition of atomic is hazy; a value that is atomic in one application could be non-atomic in another. For a general guideline, a value is non-atomic if the application deals with only a …

The reason num++ appears to be atomic is because on x86 machines, incrementing a 32-bit integer is, in fact, atomic (assuming no memory retrieval takes place). But this is neither guaranteed by the c++ …

Yes and no. rename () is atomic assuming the OS does not crash. It cannot be split by any other filesystem op. If the system crashes you might see a ln () operation instead. (But see discussion on …

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