Mastering C++ Multithreading

C++11 atomics

In order to use the native C++11 atomics features, all one has to do is include the <atomic> header. This makes available the atomic class, which uses templates to adapt itself to the required type, with a large number of predefined typedefs:

Typedef name	Full specialization
std::atomic_bool	std::atomic<bool>
std::atomic_char	std::atomic<char>
std::atomic_schar	std::atomic<signed char>
std::atomic_uchar	std::atomic<unsigned char>
std::atomic_short	std::atomic<short>
std::atomic_ushort	std::atomic<unsigned short>
std::atomic_int	std::atomic<int>
std::atomic_uint	std::atomic<unsigned int>
std::atomic_long	std::atomic<long>
std::atomic_ulong	std::atomic<unsigned ...