[rfc] atomic memory operation builtins

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

| Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
| > | (I've actually suggested that if the C/C++ front ends were shared,
| > we
| > | might allow overload resolution in C as well, for these kinds of
| > | builtins, although of course the front end would forbid overloaded
| > | declarations by users.  I realize that's not happenning any time soon.)
| > Recent patches I've seen seems to suggest active move away from that
| > idea...
| 
| I think that if someone stepped up to actually add C support to the
| C++ front end, then people would go along.

OK.

I'm still stuck with the conversion to "bootstrappable with a C++
compiler stuff".  So let's add the your suggestion to the 4.2 project
list unless someone is willing to take over.

-- Gaby