Re: AverageCounter and 64bits

A 64bit atomic_couter_t would be great from my point of view.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:26 AM, rchertov <[email protected]> wrote:

> So at some point Eddie introduced counter_t type, which is either 32bit
> or 64 bit depending on the machine architecture.  However,
> AverageCounter still uses atomic_uint32_t.  On a 10GE network, byte_rate
> wraps around quite rapidly, so a 64bit value would be useful.  I suppose
> one approach would be create atomic_counter_t which is either 32 or 64
> bit, or the alternate approach would be to use counter_t along with a
> lock.  Eddie which version would you prefer?
>
> Roman
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