Sorry Ian, I see you included this - I was typing the message and replied without reading the refresh.
> On Aug 17, 2020, at 6:59 PM, robert engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/5045 > <https://github.com/golang/go/issues/5045> which has been open for 7+ years. > >> On Aug 17, 2020, at 4:15 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org >> <mailto:i...@golang.org>> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:06 AM jake...@gmail.com <http://gmail.com/> >> <jake6...@gmail.com <mailto:jake6...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> My understanding is that atomic does not 'synchronize memory' in general. >>> If you use a Mutex, then everything that happened before is 'synchronized'. >>> If you use atomic then only the atomic variable is 'synchronized'. That is >>> kind of the point of using atomic. >>> >>> If I am wrong, please point me at the part of the Go Memory Model that says >>> otherwise. Personally, I have always felt that the go memory model, and >>> specifically the guarantees of the atomic package are not as rigorously >>> defined as I would like. But in this case, I'm pretty sure I am correct. >> >> The behavior of the sync/atomic package is not specified at all by the >> Go memory model. See https://golang.org/issue/5045 >> <https://golang.org/issue/5045>. >> >> I'm not sure I agree that using sync/atomic means that only that >> memory location is synchronized (assuming I understand what that >> means, which I may not). There are other meaningful patterns for >> sync/atomic. >> >> Ian >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcXKCSHb4-g7uHvf-RMsky8veC52OFDjmguUQCxHDXbShA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcXKCSHb4-g7uHvf-RMsky8veC52OFDjmguUQCxHDXbShA%40mail.gmail.com>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/448775D1-7E25-4767-A3D2-08CCC7A68104%40ix.netcom.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/448775D1-7E25-4767-A3D2-08CCC7A68104%40ix.netcom.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/60FEA39B-7146-4A62-8662-A07DAEA5D9D2%40ix.netcom.com.
