[cpp-threads] Slightly revised memory model proposal (D2300)

[Nick Maclaren]

"Lawrence Crowl" <Lawrence at Crowl.org> wrote:
> 
> Is there any problem with the standard modeling the interrupt
> as simply another thread?

Yes, but that is what to do!  Seriously :-)

On many platforms, there are subtle differences between what is
guaranteed between threads and between a thread and its interrupt
handler.  However, there is just no way that a language standard
can or should get involved with such esoteric details.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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