Does it mean no one is using them? I do not think so. Even Win32 API has it (SList).
-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George V. Reilly Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 15:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Lock-free collections According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-blocking_synchronization, wait-free algorithms (what you're asking for) are rare in research and in practice, because of the overhead associated with them. -- /George V. Reilly http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog On 4/13/07, Alex Ivanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at a couple of lock-free collection implementations (Richter's > PowerThreading Library, Lock-free LIFO Stack > http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/05/CLRInsideOut/default.aspx#S7 > , etc.) based on InterlockedCompareExchange. All of them have potential of > going into infinite loop in Push/Enqueue/Pop/Dequeue methods. Although the > probability is very low it still exists. > Has anyone ever thought of/implemented a fix for it? Or am I missing > something obvious? > > Alex =================================== 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
