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On 2009-03-16, AJ <aj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Does this mean we can use InterlockedXX()s also ?
> They'd make things like the threading easier to manage, and reduce that
> hideous critical section locking (all for a read/write to bool ... talk
> about overhead!!!)
Which critical section are you thinking of?
You can use InterlockedXX if it makes sense (at least some atomic ops
were already possible on late 486s). Generally I think it's not
worthwhile; it's much harder to get right than using mutexes/critical
sections.
Peter