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  • src/sbbs3/sbbs.h

    From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 16:39:35
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/4a2c2c708c57d0aa2d3a69d3
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
    Log Message:
    Make sbbs_t::online and sys_static atomic member variables

    Since sbbs_t::online and sys_status are modified and checked in different threads, they really should've been atomic or at least volatile to prevent
    the compiler-optimizer from using the current/updated values at all times.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Rob Swindell (on Windows 11) on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 16:49:39
    Re: src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
    By: Rob Swindell (on Windows 11) to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tue Dec 30 2025 04:39 pm

    Since sbbs_t::online and sys_status are modified and checked in different threads, they really should've been atomic or at least volatile to prevent the compiler-optimizer from using the current/updated values at all times.

    that should read: prevent the compiler-optimizer from *not* using ...
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sunday, March 08, 2026 04:05:08
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/d28a754675b1ba665dcae598
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
    Log Message:
    Don't declare the constants from main.cpp (e.g. uptime) unless SBBS is defined

    Fix GCC error: ‘uptime’ was declared ‘extern’ and later ‘static’

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