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Hello
I'm trying to use an <https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.native.concurrent/-atomic-int/|AtomicInteger> to write a multiplatform library
But it seems to be deprecated on version 1.9

My question:
1. Is it better to downgrade the kotlin version I'm using? If yes, what version is recommended for writing a multiplatform library?
2. How do we implement an Atomic field/variable in kotlin 1.9? it seems I cannot find `kotlin.concurrent.AtomicInt` as suggested in the page
Thank you in advance!

can't find <https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.concurrent/-atomic-int/|https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.concurrent/-atomic-int/> ?

also consider <https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-atomicfu|https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-atomicfu> for multiplatform

you can also try arrow-atomic if you want to go multiplatform but don't want to use atomicfu <https://arrow-kt.io/learn/coroutines/concurrency-primitives/#atomic>

<@UJQB4DJF7> oh gosh, I'm embarassed that I missed the `native` part was missing from the dependency, I thought they were the same

also, thanks for the suggestion of using atomicfu, will see on that

thanks!

<@UJQB4DJF7> weirdly, the `AtomicInt` doesn't exist under the `concurrent` of my `kotlin-stdlib-common-1.9.0` , neither does the `Atomics.kt` file

same as the older class with `native` in its package name

if you want something to use on other platforms, you need one of the other alternatives mentioned here

(or just build it yourself; Java has its own atomics, Kotlin provides them on native, and JS isn't threaded so it doesn't need any)

oh I see, so it wont be usable on multiplatform right?
my bad, I wasn't really familiar with kotlin multiplatform yet

hmm I'm not sure I get it
by that logic, the tags means I should be able to use them on multiplatform, right? (since the badge includes JVM, JS and Native)

So why can't I import it?

ah, sooo the AtomicInt class itself is `native` but the `kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.concurrent` is not?

sorry, I came from golang and all this is a bit confusing for me