Re: notes on current atomics config and usage

[Paolo Carlini <pcarlini at suse dot de>]

Benjamin Kosnik wrote:

> Hang on. 
>
> I promise to be careful here!
>  
Ok, and sorry about my "nervousness". Anyway, besides the wrong form og 
my messages I think at least part of the content is right, I hope I said 
everything in a clear way at least.

> This patch isn't right either, although closer. Instead, I will modify to do the sane thing:
>
> 1) probe for builtins, if found, use
> 2) if not, look for atomics config, if found, use
> 3) fall back to mutex
>
> This will keep our present behavior, but allow the builtins to be used
> as they are added, without config changes.
>
> About the performance test coverage issue: agreed.
Excellent thanks.

> Do you want to add the "stupid testcase constructing and destroying a lot of strings"
>  
Yes, I will later today. As I said, better than nothing.

Ciao,
Paolo.