cursor.go

package disruptor

const (
	InitialSequenceValue int64 = -1
	MaxSequenceValue     int64 = (1 << 63) - 1
	cpuCacheLinePadding        = 7
)

// TODO: aligned read/write: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/XDfQUn4U_g8
//							 https://gist.github.com/anachronistic/7495541
//							 http://blog.chewxy.com/2013/12/10/pointer-tagging-in-go/
//							 http://www.goinggo.net/2014/01/concurrency-goroutines-and-gomaxprocs.html
type Cursor struct {
	value   int64
	padding [cpuCacheLinePadding]int64
}

func NewCursor() *Cursor {
	return &Cursor{value: InitialSequenceValue}
}