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Lock-free implementation

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
c, python
Domain
backend, performance

Research direction

Start by reading the C extension module in sonyflake.c, especially sonyflake_next and sonyflake_next_n, and review how elapsed_time and combined_sequence are currently represented. Explore whether stdatomic.h can support the proposed shared state, then define completion around a lock-free implementation and a robust multithreaded benchmark.

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Description

enhancement

<stdatomic.h> can be used in C extension module ("sonyflake.c"), elapsed_time and combined_sequence can be packed into a single atomic_uint. Bonus points:

  • figuring out how to share same state for both sonyflake_next and sonyflake_next_n
  • robust multithreaded benchmark
Dominant language
Python
Stars
6
Forks
0
Avg merge
1h 40m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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