__GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_16 not defined on aarch64

[Andrew Haley]

On 29/06/17 18:35, Alexander Monakov wrote:
> I think a practical approach is to give the user a degree of control by
> introducing a tri-state compiler option controlling how double-word atomics
> are to be emitted:

I see what you mean, but I think it's a very bad idea for command line
options to fundamentally affect language semantics in this way.  Sure,
they can control optimization and processor versions, but change the
behaviour of what a program means?  Is that a good thing?

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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