Thanks guys for all the answers, I think I am going to stick with the simple code and no protection based on the arguments that I read. It will do for my application where nothing catastrophic will happen when in case of a clash.
On 03 Apr 2014, at 00:11, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to have a simple lock-free atomic counter in Pharo 3.0 ? > > nextId > ^ idCounter := idCounter + 1 > > Or is it still possible that two process entering this code can mess things > up ? > > I vaguely remember a discussion about that long ago... > > TIA, > > Sven
