Something needs to happen with shared, and soon.

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/14/12 7:16 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-11-14 15:22, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> It's not an advantage, it's a necessity.
>
> Walter seems to indicate that there is no technical reason for "shared"
> to be part of the language.

Walter is a self-confessed dilettante in threading. To be frank I hope 
he asks more and answers less in this thread.

> I don't know how these memory barriers work,
> that's why I'm asking. Does it need to be in the language or not?

Memory ordering must be built into the language and understood by the 
compiler.


Andrei