Atomic.pointerSet

Sets the value of @atomic to @newval.

This call acts as a full compiler and hardware memory barrier (after the set).

While @atomic has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the pointer passed to it should not be volatile.

struct Atomic
static
void
pointerSet
(
void* atomic
,
void* newval
)

Parameters

atomic void*

a pointer to a #gpointer-sized value

newval void*

a new value to store

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