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Document number: N3859

Date: 2014-01-20

Transactional Memory Support for C++

by Victor Luchango et al.

Excerpt:

Transactional memory supports a programming style that is intended to facilitate parallel execution with a comparatively gentle learning curve. This document describes a proposal developed by SG5 to introduce transactional constructs into C++ as a Technical Specification. It is a revision of N3718, an earlier document with the same title, presented at the September 2013 meeting in Chicago. However, this document is self-contained, and can be read independently of N3718. At the Chicago meeting, we received encouraging and helpful feedback, which we have used to revise this proposal.