Re: The code example in onSpinWait() Javadoc

On 11/15/19 3:55 PM, Roman Leventov wrote:
> I agree that Javadoc code shouldn't be a tutorial - that is why I also
> proposed to delete the example completely. But I think the current example
> is a little bit of anti-tutorial. To cite Josh Bloch - "Example code should
> be exemplary. If an API is used widely, its examples will be the archetypes
> for thousands of programs. Any mistakes will come back to haunt you a
> thousand fold."

So far all that you have done is assert that there is something wrong
with the example. I have seen nothing remotely convincing about what
is wrong with it. The example, as posted, shows exactly how the
intrinsic should be used in a spin loop.

Here you say:

> By "half-baked" I meant specifically that the example could be valid but
> only under specific conditions, such as core-pinned thread, or backoff
> timeout event, etc.

All code is only valid under specific conditions. This specific
condition is spinning, which should only be done for a short while
when you know that a lock is only held for a short while. Anybody who
wants to know the advantages and disadvantages of spinning can go to
the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinlock.

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