On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:06 AM, T L <tapir....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 10:37:55 PM UTC+8, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 7:29 AM, T L <tapi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > More specifically, if I want to make the read/write of a pointer value >> > atomically, >> > then must the pointer value be defined as a value of type >> > unsafe.Pointer? >> >> Yes. >> >> Ian > > > Why not define the LoadPointer as a builtin function and make it support > generic parameter?
As a general rule we want to minimize the number of builtin functions. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.