sub atomic-fetch-inc
Documentation for sub atomic-fetch-inc
assembled from the following types:
class atomicint
From atomicint
(atomicint) sub atomic-fetch-inc
Defined as:
multi sub atomic-fetch-inc(atomicint $ is rw)
Performs an atomic increment on a native integer. This will be performed using hardware-provided atomic operations. Since the operation is atomic, it is safe to use without acquiring a lock. Returns the value as seen before incrementing it. Overflow will wrap around silently.