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Problem: need atomic reference counting in several projects Solution: as libzmq already provides this across all platforms, expose an atomic counter API. I've not wrapped atomic pointers, though someone who needs this may want to do so.
2014-12-23 01:14:38 +01:00
zmq_atomic_counter_set(3)
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NAME
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zmq_atomic_counter_set - set atomic counter to new value
SYNOPSIS
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*void zmq_atomic_counter_set (void *counter, int value);*
DESCRIPTION
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The _zmq_atomic_counter_set_ function sets the counter to a new value,
in a threadsafe fashion. The largest value that is guaranteed to work
across all platforms is 2^31-1. This function uses platform specific
atomic operations.
RETURN VALUE
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The _zmq_atomic_counter_set()_ function has no return value.
EXAMPLE
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.Test code for atomic counters
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void *counter = zmq_atomic_counter_new ();
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_value (counter) == 0);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 0);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 2);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_value (counter) == 3);
Problem: 'bool' is not defined by default zmq_atomic_counter_dec returned a 'bool' value, yet this isn't defined by standard, so causes compile errors in upstream code. Solution: return an int that can be safely converted to bool if needed by bindings.
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assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 0);
Problem: need atomic reference counting in several projects Solution: as libzmq already provides this across all platforms, expose an atomic counter API. I've not wrapped atomic pointers, though someone who needs this may want to do so.
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zmq_atomic_counter_set (counter, 2);
Problem: 'bool' is not defined by default zmq_atomic_counter_dec returned a 'bool' value, yet this isn't defined by standard, so causes compile errors in upstream code. Solution: return an int that can be safely converted to bool if needed by bindings.
2014-12-23 15:20:10 +01:00
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 0);
Problem: need atomic reference counting in several projects Solution: as libzmq already provides this across all platforms, expose an atomic counter API. I've not wrapped atomic pointers, though someone who needs this may want to do so.
2014-12-23 01:14:38 +01:00
zmq_atomic_counter_destroy (&counter);
Problem: 'bool' is not defined by default zmq_atomic_counter_dec returned a 'bool' value, yet this isn't defined by standard, so causes compile errors in upstream code. Solution: return an int that can be safely converted to bool if needed by bindings.
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return 0;
Problem: need atomic reference counting in several projects Solution: as libzmq already provides this across all platforms, expose an atomic counter API. I've not wrapped atomic pointers, though someone who needs this may want to do so.
2014-12-23 01:14:38 +01:00
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SEE ALSO
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linkzmq:zmq_atomic_counter_new[3]
linkzmq:zmq_atomic_counter_inc[3]
linkzmq:zmq_atomic_counter_dec[3]
linkzmq:zmq_atomic_counter_value[3]
linkzmq:zmq_atomic_counter_destroy[3]
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