refcount - "mostly" lock-free word-based atomic reference counting

Documentation (Pre-Alpha)

Atomic Reference Counting C API (User)

refcount_h – core library header file.
refcount_libinit() – initialize the refcount library.
refcount_init(…) – initialize a refcount_t object.
refcount_state_load_depends(…) – load state pointer (basic thread-safety).
refcount_add_load_strong(…) – add and load reference (strong thread-safety).
refcount_sub_strong(…) – subtract reference (strong/basic thread-safety).
refcount_add_swap_weak(…) – add and swap reference (strong/basic thread-safety).
refcount_add_weak (…) – add reference (basic thread-safety).

Chris Thomasson

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