[cpp-threads] C++ memory model
Peter Dimov
pdimov at mmltd.net
Wed Sep 23 00:06:31 BST 2009
Boehm, Hans wrote:
> I'd like to just delete the second senetnce:
>
> "Implementations shall not move an atomic operation out of an
> unbounded loop."
I'd like to cast my vote in favor of the sentence. It does indeed carry
little formal value, but in practice, it can (easily) settle a hypothetical
debate between a compiler user and a compiler writer about whether such an
optimization is allowed.
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