Hi Andrew, On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 21:09, Andrew Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed a compare_and_swap function in atomic_ops.h. On the IRC channel, > it was suggested that I look in _rffi_stm.py. However it is not there (I can > understand thta). How can this function be exposed to a RPython programme? > The reason I am asking is if compare and swap functions are available, it > ought to be possible to write stuff like a lock-free list. Also this give me > a chance to learn more about RPython.
Indeed, compare_and_swap() is not exposed to RPython. We don't need it, because it's only called from "et.c", another C source. RPython has no similar atomic operations so far. Armin _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
