Funny this is getting downvoted cause it's literally what Plan 9 C does.
https://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/2/atom
I don't think that man page on its own is sufficient to draw that particular conclusion. You need compiler/language support to ensure atomics are handled properly, so you'd need to know how Plan 9's compiler/language specifies atomics.
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I don't think that man page on its own is sufficient to draw that particular conclusion. You need compiler/language support to ensure atomics are handled properly, so you'd need to know how Plan 9's compiler/language specifies atomics.