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ATOMIC_VAR_INIT

Expands to a token sequence suitable for initializing an atomic object.

Description

The ATOMIC_VAR_INIT macro is defined as:

       #define ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(C value)

The ATOMIC_VAR_INIT macro expands to a token sequence suitable for initializing an atomic object of a type that is initialization-compatible with value. An atomic object with automatic storage duration that is not explicitly initialized using ATOMIC_VAR_INIT is initially in an indeterminate state; however, the default (zero) initialization for objects with static storage duration is guaranteed to produce a valid state.

This macro can only be used to initialize atomic objects that are declared in program scope in the global address space.

Concurrent access to the variable being initialized, even via an atomic operation, constitutes a data-race.

Examples

global atomic_int guide = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(42);

Concurrent access to the variable being initialized, even via an atomic operation, constitutes a data-race.

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