site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On 24 jun 2005, at 16:40, David Leimbach wrote: Also, there are compare-and-swap routines already in libSystem: <libkern/OSAtomic.h> /* Compare and swap. They return true if the swap occured. */ bool OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32( int32_t oldValue, int32_t newValue, int32_t *theValue ); bool OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier( int32_t oldValue, int32_t newValue, int32_t *theValue ); Seems a shame to have to include an entire other framework just for a single assembly instruction :). It'd be really cool if apple had a lighter weight wrapper around such lock code :). libSystem = libc Jonas _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com