Re: How to make this program more efficient?
On 20 Sep., 16:34, courp...@gmail.com wrote:
On 20 sep, 15:52, peter koch <peter.koch.lar...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 20 Sep., 15:47, courp...@gmail.com wrote:
On 20 sep, 13:37, Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
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But that's not the issue; the issue is one of ordering. And
the upcoming C++ standard will be clear here: if more than
one thread accesses the container, and any thread modifies
it, then all accesses must be synchronized.
That is just another serious limitation of the new C++.
That's because it's a limitation of real hardware.
Another misconception.
Not at all.
[snip]
In such context, the only portable way to access safely a memory word
is to use memory barriers.
Or use a mutex. In both cases, synchronisation takes place - which I
believe must be evident for everybody except perhaps for Jon Harrop.
Generally a mutex uses internally memory barriers, except if this is
not needed for the targeted architecture (in those architectures, a
"naked" access to a memory word is also probably safe).
Of course it might, but except for the implementors, there's really no
need to care.
/Peters
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