conditional-update!
atomic-decrement!
Function macro
Summary
Atomically decrements a place containing a numeric value.
Macro call
atomic-decrement!(place)
atomic-decrement!(place, by)
Arguments
- place
- A Dylan variable-namebnf.
If the implementation provides the extended form of
conditional-update!, place can also be a function call. - by
- An instance of
<object>. Default value: 1.
Values
- new-value
- An instance of
<object>.
Library
threads
Module
threads
Description
Atomically decrements a place containing a numeric value. It has the same semantics as atomic-increment! with the exception that the place is decremented.