On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 3:03:21 AM UTC+8, T L wrote: > > 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? >
sorry, here "atomically", I mean "automatically". -- 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.
