From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2012-06-12T01:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Is "a,b=c,d" atomic? or do I need a Mutex?

2012/6/11 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:
>>
>> I do agree that, while in Ruby land, I should use a mutex (not
>> required right now since Array#<< and a,b=c,d are atomic
>
>
> Note that Array#<< isn't atomic, it's just that the GIL prevents contention
> between threads so it never becomes a problem (until you try to use a Ruby
> implementation without a GIL)

Well, since I'm coding a C extension for Ruby 1.9 MRI, I assume I can
rely on the GVL :)


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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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