[cpp-threads] Weak vs Strong Atomics

[Roger Orr]

cpp-threads-bounces at decadentplace.org.uk wrote:
> "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! 
> 

An opaque type is fine.
(It's just currently shown as a struct in Lawrence's paper and in
new_atomic.c on the Wiki)

Roger.