dec_and_test


Description:

public bool dec_and_test (ref int atomic)

Decrements the value of atomic by 1.

Think of this operation as an atomic version of `{ *atomic -= 1; return (*atomic == 0); }`.

This call acts as a full compiler and hardware memory barrier.

Parameters:

atomic

a pointer to a int or uint

Returns:

true if the resultant value is zero


Namespace: GLib.AtomicInt
Package: glib-2.0