>From fa89c4d8097dd4db2a7a4f0ba0b59a859d990b06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 07:59:22 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] appendix/questions: Use nbsp in 'value n' Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> --- appendix/questions/ordering.tex | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/appendix/questions/ordering.tex b/appendix/questions/ordering.tex index 43df44a9..a9b29e4d 100644 --- a/appendix/questions/ordering.tex +++ b/appendix/questions/ordering.tex @@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ than the semantics given by the options above. \cref{lst:count:Just Count Atomically!} to the statistical counter of \cref{sec:count:Statistical Counters}. - Suppose that one thread is adding the value 3 and another is - adding the value 5, while two other threads are concurrently + Suppose that one thread is adding the value~3 and another is + adding the value~5, while two other threads are concurrently reading the counter's value. With atomic counters, it is not possible for one of the readers - to obtain the value 3 while the other obtains the value 5. + to obtain the value~3 while the other obtains the value~5. With statistical counters, this outcome really can happen. In fact, in some computing environments, this outcome can happen even on relatively strongly ordered hardware such as x86. -- 2.17.1