GetAndSet function (corresponding to cas function)

[Adrian Mercieca]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:06:57 -0600, Andrew Wiley wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Adrian Mercieca <amercieca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Would anyone answer me on this please?
>>
>> To clarify, in Java there is are getAndSet methods on Atomic type
>> objects (along with compareAndSet).
>>
>> I know that in D there is the cas function (equivalent to Java's
>> compareAndSet); is there an equivalent D function for Java's getAndSet
>> please?
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
>>From Java:
> ---
>     public final boolean getAndSet(boolean newValue) {
>         for (;;) {
>             boolean current = get();
>             if (compareAndSet(current, newValue))
>                 return current;
>         }
>     }
> ---
> 
> getAndSet is just a wrapped version of compareAndSet.


Hi Andrew,

It is indeed; should have thought of that.

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out.

Regards.