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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"><div class="t-nv-ln-table"><div><a href="atomic_flag_clear.html" title="cpp/atomic/atomic flag clear"><span class="t-lines"><span>atomic_flag_clear</span><span>atomic_flag_clear_explicit</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div></td></tr>
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<td> <div>Defined in header <code><a href="../header/atomic.html" title="cpp/header/atomic">&lt;atomic&gt;</a></code>
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<td rowspan="142">(1)</td>
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_weak<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj, <br />
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_weak<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj, <br />
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<td rowspan="142">(2)</td>
<td rowspan="142"> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span> </td>
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_strong<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj,<br />
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_strong<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj,<br />
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&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;T<span class="sy2">*</span> expected, T desired <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
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<td rowspan="142">(3)</td>
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj,<br />
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj,<br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; T<span class="sy2">*</span> expected, T desired,<br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> succ, <br />
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&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> fail <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
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<td rowspan="142">(4)</td>
<td rowspan="142"> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span> </td>
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<td class="t-dcl-nopad"> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> T <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br />
<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicit<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj,<br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; T<span class="sy2">*</span> expected, T desired,<br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> succ, <br />
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&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> fail <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
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<p><span class="kw4">bool</span> atomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicit<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> obj, <br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; T<span class="sy2">*</span> expected, T desired,<br />
&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> succ, <br />
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&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2085">std::<span class="me2">memory_order</span></span></a> fail <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
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<p>Atomically compares the <a href="../language/objects.html" title="cpp/language/object">object representation</a> of the object pointed to by <code>obj</code> with the object representation of the object pointed to by <code>expected</code>, as if by <span class="t-lc"><a href="../string/byte/memcmp.html" title="cpp/string/byte/memcmp">std::memcmp</a></span>, and if those are bitwise-equal, replaces the former with <code>desired</code> (performs read-modify-write operation). Otherwise, loads the actual value pointed to by <code>obj</code> into <code>*expected</code> (performs load operation). Copying is performed as if by <span class="t-lc"><a href="../string/byte/memcpy.html" title="cpp/string/byte/memcpy">std::memcpy</a></span>.
</p><p>The memory models for the read-modify-write and load operations are <code>succ</code> and <code>fail</code> respectively. The (1-2) versions use <span class="t-lc"><a href="memory_order.html" title="cpp/atomic/memory order">std::memory_order_seq_cst</a></span> by default.
</p><p>These functions are defined in terms of member functions of <span class="t-lc"><a href="atomic.html" title="cpp/atomic/atomic">std::atomic</a></span>:
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<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">1)</span> <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">obj<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>compare_exchange_weak<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy2">*</span>expected, desired<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span></div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">2)</span> <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">obj<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>compare_exchange_strong<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy2">*</span>expected, desired<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span></div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">3)</span> <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">obj<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>compare_exchange_weak<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy2">*</span>expected, desired, succ, fail<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span></div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">4)</span> <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">obj<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>compare_exchange_strong<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy2">*</span>expected, desired, succ, fail<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="atomic_compare_exchange.html#Parameters"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Parameters</span></a></li>
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<td>  obj
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<td> -
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<td>  pointer to the atomic object to test and modify
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<td>  expected
</td>
<td> -
</td>
<td>  pointer to the value expected to be found in the atomic object
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<td>  desired
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<td> -
</td>
<td>  the value to store in the atomic object if it is as expected
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<td>  succ
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<td> -
</td>
<td>  the memory synchronization ordering for the read-modify-write operation if the comparison succeeds. All values are permitted.
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<td>  fail
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<td> -
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<td>  the memory synchronization ordering for the load operation if the comparison fails. Cannot be <span class="t-lc"><a href="memory_order.html" title="cpp/atomic/memory order">std::memory_order_release</a></span> or <span class="t-lc"><a href="memory_order.html" title="cpp/atomic/memory order">std::memory_order_acq_rel</a></span><span class="t-rev-inl t-until-cxx17"><span> and cannot specify stronger ordering than <code>succ</code></span> <span><span class="t-mark-rev t-until-cxx17">(until C++17)</span></span></span>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/atomic/atomic_compare_exchange&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Return value">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Return_value">Return value</span></h3>
<p>The result of the comparison: <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw2">true</span></span></span> if <code>*obj</code> was equal to <code>*expected</code>, <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw2">false</span></span></span> otherwise.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/atomic/atomic_compare_exchange&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Exceptions">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Exceptions">Exceptions</span></h3>
<div class="t-noexcept-inline"><a href="../language/noexcept_spec.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept spec"><tt>noexcept</tt></a> specification:&#160;&#160;<div class="t-noexcept-box"><span class="t-cc"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">noexcept</span></span></span></div>&#160;&#160;</div>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/atomic/atomic_compare_exchange&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span></h3>
<p>The weak forms ((1) and (3)) of the functions are allowed to fail spuriously, that is, act as if <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="sy2">*</span>obj <span class="sy3">!</span><span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>expected</span></span> even if they are equal. When a compare-and-exchange is in a loop, the weak version will yield better performance on some platforms. 
</p><p>When a weak compare-and-exchange would require a loop and a strong one would not, the strong one is preferable unless the object representation of <code>T</code> may include padding bits, trap bits, or offers multiple object representations for the same value (e.g. floating-point NaN). In those cases, weak compare-and-exchange typically works because it quickly converges on some stable object representation.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/atomic/atomic_compare_exchange&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Example">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Example">Example</span></h3>
<div class="t-example"><p> compare and exchange operations are often used as basic building blocks of lockfree data structures
</p><div class="t-example-live-link"><div class="coliru-btn coliru-btn-run-init">Run this code</div></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co2">#include &lt;atomic&gt;</span>
&#160;
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> node
<span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    T data<span class="sy4">;</span>
    node<span class="sy2">*</span> next<span class="sy4">;</span>
    node<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> data<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="sy4">:</span> data<span class="br0">&#40;</span>data<span class="br0">&#41;</span>, next<span class="br0">&#40;</span>nullptr<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
&#160;
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span>
<span class="kw1">class</span> stack
<span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <a href="atomic.html"><span class="kw2063">std::<span class="me2">atomic</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span>node<span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span> head<span class="sy4">;</span>
 <span class="kw1">public</span><span class="sy4">:</span>
    <span class="kw4">void</span> push<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> data<span class="br0">&#41;</span>
    <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
        node<span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="sy2">*</span> new_node <span class="sy1">=</span> new node<span class="sy1">&lt;</span>T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>data<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
&#160;
        <span class="co1">// put the current value of head into new_node-&gt;next</span>
        new_node<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>next <span class="sy1">=</span> head.<span class="me1">load</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2086">std::<span class="me2">memory_order_relaxed</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
&#160;
        <span class="co1">// now make new_node the new head, but if the head</span>
        <span class="co1">// is no longer what's stored in new_node-&gt;next</span>
        <span class="co1">// (some other thread must have inserted a node just now)</span>
        <span class="co1">// then put that new head into new_node-&gt;next and try again</span>
        <span class="kw1">while</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy3">!</span>std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>
                                <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>head,
                                <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>new_node<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span>next,
                                new_node,
                                <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2089">std::<span class="me2">memory_order_release</span></span></a>,
                                <a href="memory_order.html"><span class="kw2086">std::<span class="me2">memory_order_relaxed</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>
                <span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// the body of the loop is empty</span>
<span class="co1">// note: the above loop is not thread-safe in at least</span>
<span class="co1">// GCC prior to 4.8.3 (bug 60272), clang prior to 2014-05-05 (bug 18899)</span>
<span class="co1">// MSVC prior to 2014-03-17 (bug 819819). See member function version for workaround</span>
    <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
&#160;
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>
<span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    stack<span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span> s<span class="sy4">;</span>
    s.<span class="me1">push</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">1</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    s.<span class="me1">push</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">2</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    s.<span class="me1">push</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span></pre></div></div>
<p><br /> 
</p>
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<td>  <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="atomic/compare_exchange.html" title="cpp/atomic/atomic/compare exchange"> <span class="t-lines"><span>compare_exchange_weak</span><span>compare_exchange_strong</span></span></a></div></div>
</td>
<td>   atomically compares the value of the atomic object with non-atomic argument and performs atomic exchange if equal or atomic load if not  <br /> <span class="t-mark">(public member function of <code>std::atomic</code>)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/atomic/atomic/dsc_compare_exchange&amp;action=edit">&#91;edit&#93;</a></span>
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<td>  <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="atomic_exchange.html" title="cpp/atomic/atomic exchange"> <span class="t-lines"><span>atomic_exchange</span><span>atomic_exchange_explicit</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
</td>
<td>   atomically replaces the value of the atomic object with non-atomic argument and returns the old value of the atomic  <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/atomic/dsc_atomic_exchange&amp;action=edit">&#91;edit&#93;</a></span>
</td></tr>

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<td>  <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="../memory/shared_ptr/atomic.html" title="cpp/memory/shared ptr/atomic"> <span class="t-lines"><span>std::atomic_compare_exchange_weak<span class="t-dsc-small">(std::shared_ptr)</span>
</span><span>std::atomic_compare_exchange_strong<span class="t-dsc-small">(std::shared_ptr)</span></span></span></a></div></div>
</td>
<td>   specializes atomic operations for std::shared_ptr  <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span>
</td></tr>


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<td colspan="2"> <div class="t-dsc-see"><span><a href="../../c/atomic/atomic_compare_exchange.html" title="c/atomic/atomic compare exchange">C documentation</a></span> for <span class="t-dsc-see-tt"><span>atomic_compare_exchange</span>, <span>atomic_compare_exchange_explicit</span></span></div>
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