Atomic¶

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import "std/os/atomic";

Atomic<T> struct¶

A wrapper that guards a value of arbitrary type with a mutex, so it can be read and updated safely from multiple threads.

Constructors¶

ctor¶

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public p Atomic.ctor()

Construct an atomic initialized with the zero value of its type

ctor¶

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public p Atomic.ctor(T value)

Construct an atomic initialized with the given value

Parameters

Methods¶

store¶

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public p Atomic.store(const T& value)

Atomically store a new value

Parameters

load¶

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public const f<const T&> Atomic.load()

Atomically load the current value

Returns: const T& — Reference to the current value

exchange¶

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public f<T> Atomic.exchange(const T& value)

Atomically replace the value and return the previous one

Parameters

Returns: T — Previous value

compareExchange¶

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public f<bool> Atomic.compareExchange(const T& expected, const T& desired)

Atomically set the value to desired only if it currently equals expected

Parameters

Returns: bool — true if the value was exchanged, false otherwise