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atomic: extend compare_and_swap migration docs
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RalfJung committed Jan 30, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -716,6 +716,12 @@ impl AtomicBool {
/// AcqRel | AcqRel | Acquire
/// SeqCst | SeqCst | SeqCst
///
/// `compare_and_swap` and `compare_exchange` also differ in their return type. You can use
/// `compare_exchange(...).unwrap_or_else(|x| x)` to recover the behavior of `compare_and_swap`,
/// but in most cases it is more idiomatic to check whether the return value is `Ok` or `Err`
/// rather than to infer success vs failure based on the value that was read.
///
/// During migration, consider whether it makes sense to use `compare_exchange_weak` instead.
/// `compare_exchange_weak` is allowed to fail spuriously even when the comparison succeeds,
/// which allows the compiler to generate better assembly code when the compare and swap
/// is used in a loop.
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/// AcqRel | AcqRel | Acquire
/// SeqCst | SeqCst | SeqCst
///
/// `compare_and_swap` and `compare_exchange` also differ in their return type. You can use
/// `compare_exchange(...).unwrap_or_else(|x| x)` to recover the behavior of `compare_and_swap`,
/// but in most cases it is more idiomatic to check whether the return value is `Ok` or `Err`
/// rather than to infer success vs failure based on the value that was read.
///
/// During migration, consider whether it makes sense to use `compare_exchange_weak` instead.
/// `compare_exchange_weak` is allowed to fail spuriously even when the comparison succeeds,
/// which allows the compiler to generate better assembly code when the compare and swap
/// is used in a loop.
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/// AcqRel | AcqRel | Acquire
/// SeqCst | SeqCst | SeqCst
///
/// `compare_and_swap` and `compare_exchange` also differ in their return type. You can use
/// `compare_exchange(...).unwrap_or_else(|x| x)` to recover the behavior of `compare_and_swap`,
/// but in most cases it is more idiomatic to check whether the return value is `Ok` or `Err`
/// rather than to infer success vs failure based on the value that was read.
///
/// During migration, consider whether it makes sense to use `compare_exchange_weak` instead.
/// `compare_exchange_weak` is allowed to fail spuriously even when the comparison succeeds,
/// which allows the compiler to generate better assembly code when the compare and swap
/// is used in a loop.
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