Reference counting for love objects in 0.9.2 is now atomic (using SDL's atomic operation functions.)

src/common/Object.h

@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 #ifndef LOVE_OBJECT_H
 #define LOVE_OBJECT_H
 
+/**
+ * NOTE: the fact that an SDL header is included in such a widely used header
+ * file is only temporary - in the LOVE 0.10+ codebase we use atomics from
+ * C++11's standard library.
+ **/
+#include <SDL_atomic.h>
+
 namespace love
 {
 
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ public:
 	 * Gets the reference count of this Object.
 	 * @returns The reference count.
 	 **/
-	int getReferenceCount() const;
+	int getReferenceCount();
 
 	/**
 	 * Retains the Object, i.e. increases the
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ public:
 private:
 
 	// The reference count.
-	int count;
+	SDL_atomic_t count;
 
 }; // Object