Re: program order: hard to understand definition
On 11/30/2010 09:03 AM, pvbemmel-at-xs4all-nl wrote:
I don't find the line
>> program order of t is a total order that reflects the order in which
very precise: what is meant by "reflects" ?
Think of it as saying that the two are isomorphic.
Also, the line
>The actions of each thread in isolation must behave as governed by the
>semantics of that thread, with the exception that the values seen by
>each read are determined by the memory model.
is like a forward reference: in the process of defining the behaviour of
a thread, you refer to the "semantics of that thread". And even
stranger, it says that there is an exception to those semantics.
Surely, with "the semantics of that thread", something specific is
meant, but what can that be?
You have to read the entire section carefully, but it clearly states
that, in the absence of multiple threads, the semantics of a single
thread follow the execution order for that thread, which is a specific
order given in a subsection of ?15, ?15.4 I believe.
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