On 10/19/2011 11:31 AM, Andrew MacLeod wrote: > If, which is more likely as I think about it, thats not the case and > the fences can look like they do in the second example (closer to the > CAS than the copies) , then the CAS can take care of both fences, > which would be much more preferable and clean..
Indeed. >>> So if the CAS can handle it all, why does it matter if the pattern >>> has a single "compressed" parameter for the 3 values, or whether it >>> simply explicitly lists all three? >> *shrug* Just for less memory consumption. It *could* remain 3 values. >> > Does it really make a measurable memory difference? I can certainly jam them > together... Eh, you're right, probably not a measurable difference. r~
