Thanks for clarifying, Konrad.

– Hbf

On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 4:33:53 PM UTC-7, Konrad Malawski wrote:
>
>
>     final Source<Integer, NotUsed> source = // ...
>     final MutableInt max = new MutableInt(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
>     final Procedure<Integer> f = i -> {
>       if (i > max.intValue()) {
>         max.setValue(i);
>       }
>     };
>     final CompletionStage<Integer> result = source
>         .runForeach(f, materializer)
>         .thenApply(__ -> max.intValue());
>
> Is the above code correct in the sense that it always commutes the maximum 
> (or MIN_VALUE in case the stream is empty)?
>
> According to Akka Stream documentation 
> <http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4.10/scala/stream/stream-flows-and-basics.html#Stream_ordering>
>  on 
> Stream Ordering, there is a Java happens-before relation between 
> invocations of f. Do I still need to use AtomicInteger so that the effects 
> are seen by all threads?
>
> You're side-effecting outside the stream, so nothing is guaranteed.
>
> Yes, it would have to be an atomic integer.
>
>
> Instead consider using a better operator for this kind of thing than 
> foreach - like fold (runFold) which is enough for such operation you're 
> doing here.
>
>
> Happy hakking.
>
> -- konrad
>

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