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;

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