[cpp-threads] Weak vs Strong Atomics

[Nick Maclaren]

"Roger Orr" <rogero at howzatt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> So could we:
> - declare struct atomic_int as a pretty nearly raw struct in both C and C++

No.  It MUST be an opaque type, at least in C.  Make it a struct,
and it becomes defined behaviour to unpick it.

Unless I have misunderstood what you are saying, which seems quite
likely!


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Nick Maclaren,
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