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Re: installing the <atomic.h> header?

From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
To: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at tilera dot com>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at gmail dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:28:25 -0400
Subject: Re: installing the <atomic.h> header?
References: <4CD308BB.9080809@tilera.com><AANLkTikn=nxhWbTCx5-heim2zNH2AUeUQ69vAar8Ssqj@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 15:25, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> wrote:
>> Glibc uses <atomic.h> (with <bits/atomic.h>) internally but does not
>> install it.
>
> And this won't change. ?There are no supportable interfaces and I have
> no interest in supporting people using the header and complaining that
> somehow their code doesn't work. ?It's far too risky to let everyone
> use this code.
>

I agree with Ulrich.

Is there any reason your users can't use the atomic builtins provided
by GCC (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.5.1/gcc/Atomic-Builtins.html#Atomic-Builtins)?

Cheers,
Carlos.

References:
- installing the <atomic.h> header?
  - From: Chris Metcalf
- Re: installing the <atomic.h> header?
  - From: Ulrich Drepper

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