Conditionally swap this value with acquire/release ordering.

Synopsis

Declared in <bsls_atomic.h>

int
testAndSwapAcqRel(
    int compareValue,
    int swapValue);

Description

Compare the value of this object to the specified compareValue. If they are equal, set the value of this atomic integer to the specified swapValue, otherwise leave this value unchanged. Return the previous value of this atomic integer, whether or not the swap occurred. Note that the entire test‐and‐swap operation is performed atomically and it provides the acquire/release memory ordering guarantee.

Return Value

previous value of this object

Parameters

Name

Description

compareValue

expected current value of this object

swapValue

value to store if the comparison succeeds

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