On Sun May 8 02:01:57 EDT 2011, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: > The type signature reveals all: ainc returns a long, and xinc is void. > > You really can't test the value of the long * after you call xinc > because somebody else might have done an xinc after your xinc but > before you test the value.
sorry ron, i don't see the motivation. the thread library does not use the return value. if it did then clearly it would have been wrong before. i would think that to change the code we would need a good reason. and i see no reason at all yet. - erik
