Atomics.isLockFree()
The static
Atomics
.isLockFree()
method is used to determine whether to use locks or atomic operations. It returns
true
, if the given size is one of the BYTES_PER_ELEMENT
property of integer TypedArray types.
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Syntax
Atomics.isLockFree(size)
Parameters
size
- The size in bytes to check.
Return value
A Boolean
indicating whether the operation is lock free.
Examples
Using isLockFree
Atomics.isLockFree(1); // true
Atomics.isLockFree(2); // true
Atomics.isLockFree(3); // false
Atomics.isLockFree(4); // true
Atomics.isLockFree(5); // false
Atomics.isLockFree(6); // false
Atomics.isLockFree(7); // false
Atomics.isLockFree(8); // true
Specifications
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