Answer by SimonJ for Using compareAndSet for Thread safety
compareAndSet() returns true if the current value equals the expected value v, and thus the value was updated to v + 1.In your first version, if both threads get the same initial value then one will...
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Define "work".Let's say value is initially zero. If the first function is called 100 times it would return each number between 1 and 100 exactly once. The second function doesn't have this...
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How is the following demo code thread-safe? We are ensuring whether the value is not modified in CAS instruction and then doing an increment on int. Doesn't return v + 1; step beat the whole purpose as...
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