Eric Gouriou <egouriou@cup.hp.com> writes: > The bad news is that this doesn't make any of those assignments > atomic. Yes, you're right, the C semantics doesn't guarantee that. Could we live with a threads implementation that doesn't guarantee atomicity? Andreas -- "In my eyes it is never a crime to steal knowledge. It is a good theft. The pirate of knowledge is a good pirate." (Michel Serres)