lpil / lpil/atomic-array

Atomic add with return of new value

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Description

I was rewatching parts of your livestream and realise that add with a return value was headache inducing.

Feel free to close this if it's offtopic. But i thought about rewriting the sequential ID generator in my project with atomics.
Currently I am using an actor for that.

Looking at this module I could use compare_exchange and retry on error but i dont feel like that would be a good use of atomics.

Are you planning to revisit add returning the new value in the future?

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Start by reading the module's public add operation and its existing atomic operation coverage. Determine whether returning the new value is intended API behavior, then confirm the expected semantics and completion criteria before changing anything; this issue does not name specific files or tests.

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Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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