Newbie initial comments on D language - scope

[Sean Kelly]

Sergey Gromov wrote:
> Sean Kelly Wrote:
> 
>> A locked operation on x86 takes something like 80ns, which is far from
>> cheap.  Though I think a cleverly implemented algorithm may be able to
>> avoid the use of 'lock' altogether (Boost's does, IIRC).
> 
> Boost uses InterlocedIncrement() etc. under Windows and
> lock inc dword ptr [esi] and such otherwise.  That's what Walter's
> talking about.

Ah, for some reason I thought they used a sort of spinlock.


Sean