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authormetagn <metagngn@gmail.com>2024-09-30 21:54:07 +0300
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-09-30 20:54:07 +0200
commitb82ff5a87bfb19c7c6a2a7cbf8d860acdadbe877 (patch)
treea012468bc26d5858fd49aeb21ddb55f919ac3a01 /lib
parent2a48182288b1c6fbc01070e5e1ffb7653b3599e3 (diff)
downloadNim-b82ff5a87bfb19c7c6a2a7cbf8d860acdadbe877.tar.gz
make C++ atomic opt in via -d:nimUseCppAtomics (#24209)
refs #24207

The `-d:nimUseCAtomics` flag added in #24207 is now inverted and made
into `-d:nimUseCppAtomics`, which means C++ atomics are only enabled
with the define. This flag is now also documented and tested.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim b/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim
index a3ef2f5f7..818f1b37a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/concurrency/atomics.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 ## Types and operations for atomic operations and lockless algorithms.
 ##
 ## Unstable API.
+## 
+## By default, C++ uses C11 atomic primitives. To use C++ `std::atomic`,
+## `-d:nimUseCppAtomics` can be defined.
 
 runnableExamples:
   # Atomic
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ runnableExamples:
   flag.clear(moRelaxed)
   assert not flag.testAndSet
 
-when (defined(cpp) and not defined(nimUseCAtomics)) or defined(nimdoc):
+when (defined(cpp) and defined(nimUseCppAtomics)) or defined(nimdoc):
   # For the C++ backend, types and operations map directly to C++11 atomics.
 
   {.push, header: "<atomic>".}