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Re:Show HN: I built a Ruby gem that handles memoization with... by chowells on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:27PM (#43765419)
Does the memory model guarantee that double-check locking will be correct? I don't actually know for ruby.
Re:Show HN: I built a Ruby gem that handles memoization with... by JamesSwift on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:40PM (#43765546)
I think it wouldnt even be a consideration on this since we arent initializing the store here only accessing the key. And theres already the check-then-set race condition in that scenario so I think it is doubly fine.