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ZMQ_ATOMIC_COUNTER_I

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NAME

zmq_atomic_counter_inc - increment an atomic counter

SYNOPSIS

int zmq_atomic_counter_inc (void *counter);

DESCRIPTION

The zmq_atomic_counter_inc function increments an atomic counter in a threadsafe fashion. This function uses platform specific atomic operations.

RETURN VALUE

The zmq_atomic_counter_inc() function returns the old value of the counter, before incrementing.

EXAMPLE

Test code for atomic counters .

void *counter = zmq_atomic_counter_new ();
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_value (counter) == 0);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 0);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_inc (counter) == 2);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_value (counter) == 3);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 0);
zmq_atomic_counter_set (counter, 2);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 1);
assert (zmq_atomic_counter_dec (counter) == 0);
zmq_atomic_counter_destroy (&counter);
return 0;

SEE ALSO

zmq_atomic_counter_new (3) zmq_atomic_counter_set (3) zmq_atomic_counter_dec (3) zmq_atomic_counter_value (3) zmq_atomic_counter_destroy (3)

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