Thanks for the clarification Robert. On Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 9:50:56 PM UTC+3, Robert Engels wrote: > > I was referring to updating a reference to a string, which can be updated > atomically. > > This is an advantage that Java offers over Go for concurrent programming. > Since everything is reference you don’t face this distinction. Which is why > most Go uses channels, which are implemented with locks. > > > On May 26, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:05 PM Sotirios Mantziaris > > <smant...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > >> From what i understand you propose to create a new object and switch > out the old one with the new one using the atomic package of go. > > > > That cannot work. String is a multi word value. There's nothing in the > > atomic package that can update a multi word value. However, a pointer > > to anything _can_ be updated atomically. > > > > You cannot "safely" cheat on the data race. As said before, you must > > synchronize (the readers vs writers). There's no other option. > > > > -- > > 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 golan...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAA40n-XTGeeN%3D%3D7R7QMc22KMs_iTWgO4Z%3DWfqoKaFkftenY-7Q%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >
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