Hi Peter, Can you give us some samples of that strange usage? I'm curious.
P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ritchie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Interlocked.Increment/Decrement/Add | Don't get me wrong; I'm not asking how to use the Interlocked class. I'm | looking more for the decisions leading up other people's use of | Interlocked. | | Scott has a correct answer with the C# increment operator is not atomic | and if called from multiple threads will result in random data. Same | holds true for +=, -=, --, /=, *=, etc. But, he qualifies it with | multiple threads. | | I've seen some pretty strange uses of | Interlocked.Increment/InterlockedIncrement over the years and was curious | of people's concept of the methods and the semantics. | | On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:06:31 -0400, Shawn Wildermuth | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | >Performance....they are a lot faster than a lock and much lighter weight. | >THere is a great discussion of them in Jeffrey Richter's new book "CLR via | >C#". I'd suggest picking that up. | > | > | > | > | >Thanks, | > | >Shawn Wildermuth | >http://adoguy.com | >C# MVP, MCSD.NET, Author and Speaker | > | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. | >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Ritchie | >Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:41 PM | >To: [email protected] | >Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Interlocked.Increment/Decrement/Add | > | >The topic of using Interlocked.Increment(Int32) came up elsewhere, and I | was | >wondering what other's in the community were doing with Interlocked in | their | >code and their coding guidelines. | > | >If you're using Interlocked.Increment(Int32), .Decrement(Int32), or .Add | >(Int32, Int32), in particular, what are you expectations of these methods? | >Why have you chosen them over equivalent language syntax? | > | >I'd also be interested on your thoughts on | >Interlocked.Increment/Decrement/Add(Int64). Do you use the corresponding | >Interlocked.Read(Int64) as well? | | =================================== | This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com | | View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com | =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
