Function
atomicMin
Lock-free implementation of x = min(x, y).
atomicMin(x, y)
Parameters
x
Integer to set to min(x, y)
y
Other integer.
Remarks
This is equivalent to
atomic {
    x = min(x, y);
}
While lock-free, the function tries to update x as long as x > y in a loop and might run a long time if x is incremented continuously in another thread.
See Also
SeqAn - Sequence Analysis Library - www.seqan.de
 

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