> There might be ugly intermediate states In the general case: absolutely! In the above very specific setup as I outlined it (one bool, a single writer, a simp

> There might be ugly intermediate states In the general case: absolutely! In the above very specific setup as I outlined it (one bool, a single writer, a simple-waiting-for-that-single-write-loop) --- not. (Hence my point that another equally-tiny snippet might make the issue much more locally-reproducable-and-experienceable even without `-race`.)