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std::atomic

std::atomic< _Tp >(3cxx)												  std::atomic< _Tp >(3cxx)

NAME

       std::atomic< _Tp > -

SYNOPSIS

   Public Member Functions
       atomic (const atomic &)
       constexpr atomic (_Tp __i)
       bool compare_exchange_strong (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order, memory_order)
       bool compare_exchange_strong (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order, memory_order) volatile
       bool compare_exchange_strong (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst)
       bool compare_exchange_strong (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
       bool compare_exchange_weak (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order, memory_order)
       bool compare_exchange_weak (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order, memory_order) volatile
       bool compare_exchange_weak (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst)
       bool compare_exchange_weak (_Tp &, _Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
       _Tp exchange (_Tp __i, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst)
       _Tp exchange (_Tp __i, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) volatile
       bool is_lock_free () const
       bool is_lock_free () const volatile
       _Tp load (memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) const
       _Tp load (memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) const volatile
       operator _Tp () const
       operator _Tp () const volatile
       atomic & operator= (const atomic &)
       atomic & operator= (const atomic &) volatile
       _Tp operator= (_Tp __i)
       _Tp operator= (_Tp __i) volatile
       void store (_Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst)
       void store (_Tp, memory_order=memory_order_seq_cst) volatile

Detailed Description
   template<typename _Tp>struct std::atomic< _Tp >
       atomic 29.4.3, Generic atomic type, primary class template.

       Definition at line 155 of file atomic.

Author
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libstdc++							  Tue Nov 27 2012					  std::atomic< _Tp >(3cxx)