Interlocked functions in Haxe

Question

I am new to Haxe.
When I try to convert the following line from C# to Haxe using CS2HX:

Interlocked.Increment(ref this.fieldName);

I get error from CS2HX:

ref/out cannot reference fields, only local variables

Now this makes me wonder - are Interlocked functions at all supported by Haxe - ?
Since I certainly would want to use Interlocked on fields and not on local variables.
Are there any alternative options besides using a lock?

I don't have enough knowledge of C# to answer your question, but there would be people on the Haxe mailing list who could. Maybe worth asking there? http://groups.google.com/group/haxelang?hl=en — Jason O'Neil, Mar 09 '14 at 23:55
Where do you get this error? Is it on the Haxe compiler or on CS2HX? — Waneck, Mar 10 '14 at 02:28
@Waneck: Thanks for the clarification, the error comes from CS2HX. — Roland Pihlakas, Mar 10 '14 at 03:47
@JasonO'Neil - thanks, I posted the question to Google Groups. If something comes from it, I will add reference to it here. — Roland Pihlakas, Mar 10 '14 at 03:50

Roland Pihlakas · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-11T23:35:23.860

Haxe should now have support for ref/out arguments extended so that fields are accepted too. The updates are in Git. Thanks go to @Waneck!
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/haxelang/3E-N93qoU38

CS2HX needs separate modification for that upgrade. Maybe I will do that later myself, at the moment I have no time for that. I will post a comment here when I have updated CS2HX myself or find out that somebody else did it.

An alternative idea that came from that forum is using one-element array, I think that is pretty good too. Certainly better than using locks.

Interlocked functions in Haxe

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