ABool 💡

Atomic Boolean package for Go, optimized for performance yet simple to use.

Designed for cleaner code.

Usage

import "github.com/tevino/abool/v2"

cond := abool.New()     // default to false

cond.Set()              // Sets to true
cond.IsSet()            // Returns true
cond.UnSet()            // Sets to false
cond.IsNotSet()         // Returns true
cond.SetTo(any)         // Sets to whatever you want
cond.SetToIf(old, new)  // Sets to `new` only if the Boolean matches the `old`, returns whether succeeded
cond.Toggle()           // Flip the value of `cond`, returns the value before flipping


// embedding
type Foo struct {
    cond *abool.AtomicBool  // always use pointer to avoid copy
}

Benchmark:

• Go 1.6.2
• OS X 10.11.4
• Intel CPU (to be specified)

# Read
BenchmarkMutexRead-4       	100000000	        21.0 ns/op
BenchmarkAtomicValueRead-4 	200000000	         6.30 ns/op
BenchmarkAtomicBoolRead-4  	300000000	         4.21 ns/op  # <--- This package

# Write
BenchmarkMutexWrite-4      	100000000	        21.6 ns/op
BenchmarkAtomicValueWrite-4	 30000000	        43.4 ns/op
BenchmarkAtomicBoolWrite-4 	200000000	         9.87 ns/op  # <--- This package

# CAS
BenchmarkMutexCAS-4        	 30000000	        44.9 ns/op
BenchmarkAtomicBoolCAS-4   	100000000	        11.7 ns/op   # <--- This package

Special thanks to contributors

• barryz
  • Added the Toggle method
• Lucas Rouckhout
  • Implemented JSON Unmarshal and Marshal interface
• Sebastian Schicho
  • Reported a regression with test case
  • Reintroduced the Toggle method