Re: Switch to std::atomic?

[John W. Eaton]

On 9/13/19 5:29 PM, Rik wrote:

> Would it make sense to switch to using std::atomic<octave_idx_type>?  In
> that case, Octave would be portable to any machine with a valid C++ runtime
> library, and we certainly require that.  The std::atomic class overloads
> the (pre-, post-)(increment, decrement) operators so one could write more
> readable code with count++ rather than OCTAVE_ATOMIC_POST_INCREMENT(count).

Yes, now that it is a standard C++ feature, we should be using that. 
For a simple transition, can we first define our refcount class using 
std::atomic<T>?

Would you like to make this change?  If not, I can look at it.

jwe