At the end of sync/atomic package docs, it says On x86-32, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the Pentium MMX.
On non-Linux ARM, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the ARMv6k core. So when running Go programs which call the 64-bit atomic functions on above mentioned machines, programs will crash? If it is true, is it good idea to add a compiler option to convert the 64-bit function calls to mutex calls? And is it possible to do the conversions at run time? And I read from somewhere which says Go authors are some regretted to expose the atomic functions, for these functions are intended to be used in standard packages internally. So is it a good idea to recommend gophers to use mutex over atomic and convert some mutex calls to atomic calls atomically by compiler? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
