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<summary><a class="reference reference-toplevel" href="#7" id="57">Types</a></summary>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#Atomic" title="Atomic[T] {.importcpp: &quot;std::atomic&quot;, completeStruct.} = object">Atomic</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#AtomicFlag" title="AtomicFlag {.importcpp: &quot;std::atomic_flag&quot;, size: 1.} = object">AtomicFlag</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#MemoryOrder" title="MemoryOrder {.importcpp: &quot;std::memory_order&quot;.} = enum
moRelaxed, ## No ordering constraints. Only the atomicity and ordering against
## other atomic operations is guaranteed.
moConsume, ## This ordering is currently discouraged as it's semantics are
## being revised. Acquire operations should be preferred.
moAcquire, ## When applied to a load operation, no reads or writes in the
## current thread can be reordered before this operation.
moRelease, ## When applied to a store operation, no reads or writes in the
## current thread can be reorderd after this operation.
moAcquireRelease, ## When applied to a read-modify-write operation, this behaves like
## both an acquire and a release operation.
moSequentiallyConsistent ## Behaves like Acquire when applied to load, like Release when
## applied to a store and like AcquireRelease when applied to a
## read-modify-write operation.
## Also guarantees that all threads observe the same total ordering
## with other moSequentiallyConsistent operations.">MemoryOrder</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">+=
<li><a class="reference" href="#%2B%3D%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT" title="`+=`[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T)">`+=`[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T)</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#-%3D%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT" title="`-=`[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T)">`-=`[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T)</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">atomicDec
<li><a class="reference" href="#atomicDec%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT" title="atomicDec[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T = 1)">atomicDec[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T = 1)</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">atomicInc
<li><a class="reference" href="#atomicInc%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT" title="atomicInc[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T = 1)">atomicInc[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T = 1)</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">clear
<li><a class="reference" href="#clear%2CAtomicFlag%2CMemoryOrder" title="clear(location: var AtomicFlag; order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent)">clear(location: var AtomicFlag; order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent)</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">compareExchange
<li><a class="reference" href="#compareExchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="compareExchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool">compareExchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#compareExchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder%2CMemoryOrder" title="compareExchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
success, failure: MemoryOrder): bool">compareExchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
success, failure: MemoryOrder): bool</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">compareExchangeWeak
<li><a class="reference" href="#compareExchangeWeak%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="compareExchangeWeak[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool">compareExchangeWeak[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#compareExchangeWeak%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder%2CMemoryOrder" title="compareExchangeWeak[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
success, failure: MemoryOrder): bool">compareExchangeWeak[T](location: var Atomic[T]; expected: var T; desired: T;
success, failure: MemoryOrder): bool</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#exchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="exchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">exchange[T](location: var Atomic[T]; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">fence
<li><a class="reference" href="#fence%2CMemoryOrder" title="fence(order: MemoryOrder)">fence(order: MemoryOrder)</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fetchAdd%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="fetchAdd[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">fetchAdd[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">fetchAnd
<li><a class="reference" href="#fetchAnd%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="fetchAnd[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">fetchAnd[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#fetchOr%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="fetchOr[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">fetchOr[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">fetchSub
<li><a class="reference" href="#fetchSub%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="fetchSub[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">fetchSub[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">fetchXor
<li><a class="reference" href="#fetchXor%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="fetchXor[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">fetchXor[T: SomeInteger](location: var Atomic[T]; value: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">load
<li><a class="reference" href="#load%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CMemoryOrder" title="load[T](location: var Atomic[T]; order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T">load[T](location: var Atomic[T]; order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): T</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">signalFence
<li><a class="reference" href="#signalFence%2CMemoryOrder" title="signalFence(order: MemoryOrder)">signalFence(order: MemoryOrder)</a></li>
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<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">store
<li><a class="reference" href="#store%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder" title="store[T](location: var Atomic[T]; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent)">store[T](location: var Atomic[T]; desired: T;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent)</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="simple nested-toc-section">testAndSet
<li><a class="reference" href="#testAndSet%2CAtomicFlag%2CMemoryOrder" title="testAndSet(location: var AtomicFlag;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool">testAndSet(location: var AtomicFlag;
order: MemoryOrder = moSequentiallyConsistent): bool</a></li>
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<p class="module-desc"><p>Types and operations for atomic operations and lockless algorithms.</p>
<p>Unstable API.</p>
<p>By default, C++ uses C11 atomic primitives. To use C++ <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span><span class="Identifier">atomic</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="Identifier">d</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span><span class="Identifier">nimUseCppAtomics</span></span></tt> can be defined.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">atomics</span>
<span class="Comment"># Atomic</span>
<span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Identifier">Atomic</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">int</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span>
<span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">store</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">4</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">4</span>
<span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">store</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">2</span>
<span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">store</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">9</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">moAcquire</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">9</span>
<span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">store</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">0</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">moRelease</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">exchange</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">7</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">7</span>
<span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">7</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">compareExchange</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">7</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">compareExchange</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="DecNumber">12</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">fetchAdd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">fetchAdd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">6</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">fetchSub</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">3</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">8</span>
<span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">atomicInc</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">loc</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">load</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">6</span>
<span class="Comment"># AtomicFlag</span>
<span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">flag</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Identifier">AtomicFlag</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">flag</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">testAndSet</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">flag</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">testAndSet</span>
<span class="Identifier">flag</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">clear</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">flag</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">testAndSet</span></pre></p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#7">Types</a></h1>
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<dt><pre><a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;std::atomic&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">completeStruct</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span></pre></dt>
<dd>
An atomic object with underlying type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">T</span></span></tt>.
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<dt><pre><a href="atomics.html#AtomicFlag"><span class="Identifier">AtomicFlag</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;std::atomic_flag&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">size</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="DecNumber">1</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span></pre></dt>
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An atomic boolean state.
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<div id="MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;std::memory_order&quot;</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">enum</span>
<span class="Identifier">moRelaxed</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Comment">## No ordering constraints. Only the atomicity and ordering against</span>
<span class="Comment">## other atomic operations is guaranteed.</span>
<span class="Identifier">moConsume</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Comment">## This ordering is currently discouraged as it's semantics are</span>
<span class="Comment">## being revised. Acquire operations should be preferred.</span>
<span class="Identifier">moAcquire</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Comment">## When applied to a load operation, no reads or writes in the</span>
<span class="Comment">## current thread can be reordered before this operation.</span>
<span class="Identifier">moRelease</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Comment">## When applied to a store operation, no reads or writes in the</span>
<span class="Comment">## current thread can be reorderd after this operation.</span>
<span class="Identifier">moAcquireRelease</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Comment">## When applied to a read-modify-write operation, this behaves like</span>
<span class="Comment">## both an acquire and a release operation.</span>
<span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span> <span class="Comment">## Behaves like Acquire when applied to load, like Release when</span>
<span class="Comment">## applied to a store and like AcquireRelease when applied to a</span>
<span class="Comment">## read-modify-write operation.</span>
<span class="Comment">## Also guarantees that all threads observe the same total ordering</span>
<span class="Comment">## with other moSequentiallyConsistent operations.</span></pre></dt>
<dd>
Specifies how non-atomic operations can be reordered around atomic operations.
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#12">Procs</a></h1>
<dl class="item">
<div id="+=-procs-all">
<div id="+=,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%2B%3D%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">`+=`</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">inline</span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically increments the atomic integer by some <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L427" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="-=-procs-all">
<div id="-=,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#-%3D%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">`-=`</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">inline</span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically decrements the atomic integer by some <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L431" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="atomicDec-procs-all">
<div id="atomicDec,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#atomicDec%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">atomicDec</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">inline</span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically decrements the atomic integer by some <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L423" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="atomicInc-procs-all">
<div id="atomicInc,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#atomicInc%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT"><span class="Identifier">atomicInc</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">inline</span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically increments the atomic integer by some <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt>.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L419" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="clear-procs-all">
<div id="clear,AtomicFlag,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#clear%2CAtomicFlag%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">clear</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#AtomicFlag"><span class="Identifier">AtomicFlag</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.clear(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically sets the value of the atomic flag to false.
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<div id="compareExchange-procs-all">
<div id="compareExchange,Atomic[T],T,T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#compareExchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">compareExchange</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.compare_exchange_strong(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically compares the value of the atomic object with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">expected</span></span></tt> value and performs exchange with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">desired</span></span></tt> one if equal or load if not. Returns true if the exchange was successful.
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<div id="compareExchange,Atomic[T],T,T,MemoryOrder,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#compareExchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">compareExchange</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">success</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">failure</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.compare_exchange_strong(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Same as above, but allows for different memory orders for success and failure.
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<div id="compareExchangeWeak-procs-all">
<div id="compareExchangeWeak,Atomic[T],T,T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#compareExchangeWeak%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">compareExchangeWeak</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.compare_exchange_weak(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Same as above, but is allowed to fail spuriously.
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<div id="compareExchangeWeak,Atomic[T],T,T,MemoryOrder,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#compareExchangeWeak%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CT%2CMemoryOrder%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">compareExchangeWeak</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">expected</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">success</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">failure</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.compare_exchange_weak(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Same as above, but allows for different memory orders for success and failure.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L126" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</div>
<div id="exchange-procs-all">
<div id="exchange,Atomic[T],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#exchange%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">exchange</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.exchange(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically replaces the value of the atomic object with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">desired</span></span></tt> value and returns the old value.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L110" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="fence-procs-all">
<div id="fence,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fence%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fence</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;std::atomic_thread_fence(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Ensures memory ordering without using atomic operations.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L160" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="fetchAdd-procs-all">
<div id="fetchAdd,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fetchAdd%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fetchAdd</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.fetch_add(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically adds a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> to the atomic integer and returns the original value.
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<div id="fetchAnd-procs-all">
<div id="fetchAnd,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fetchAnd%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fetchAnd</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.fetch_and(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically replaces the atomic integer with it's bitwise AND with the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> and returns the original value.
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<div id="fetchOr-procs-all">
<div id="fetchOr,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fetchOr%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fetchOr</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.fetch_or(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically replaces the atomic integer with it's bitwise OR with the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> and returns the original value.
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<div id="fetchSub-procs-all">
<div id="fetchSub,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fetchSub%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fetchSub</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.fetch_sub(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically subtracts a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> to the atomic integer and returns the original value.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L136" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="fetchXor-procs-all">
<div id="fetchXor,Atomic[T: SomeInteger],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fetchXor%2CAtomic%5BT%3A%20SomeInteger%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">fetchXor</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#SomeInteger"><span class="Identifier">SomeInteger</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">value</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.fetch_xor(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically replaces the atomic integer with it's bitwise XOR with the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">value</span></span></tt> and returns the original value.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L148" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="load-procs-all">
<div id="load,Atomic[T],MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#load%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">load</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.load(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically obtains the value of the atomic object.
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<div id="signalFence-procs-all">
<div id="signalFence,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#signalFence%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">signalFence</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;std::atomic_signal_fence(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Prevents reordering of accesses by the compiler as would fence, but inserts no CPU instructions for memory ordering.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L163" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="store-procs-all">
<div id="store,Atomic[T],T,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#store%2CAtomic%5BT%5D%2CT%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">store</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#Atomic"><span class="Identifier">Atomic</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">desired</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.store(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically replaces the value of the atomic object with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">desired</span></span></tt> value.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L106" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="testAndSet-procs-all">
<div id="testAndSet,AtomicFlag,MemoryOrder">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#testAndSet%2CAtomicFlag%2CMemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">testAndSet</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">location</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="atomics.html#AtomicFlag"><span class="Identifier">AtomicFlag</span></a><span class="Other">;</span>
<span class="Identifier">order</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="atomics.html#MemoryOrder"><span class="Identifier">MemoryOrder</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">moSequentiallyConsistent</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.
<span class="Identifier">importcpp</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;#.test_and_set(@)&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">header</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&lt;atomic&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Atomically sets the atomic flag to true and returns the original value.
<a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim#L154" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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