+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// constants
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// number of times to run the loops: the code takes too long to run if we use
+// the bigger value with generic atomic operations implementation
+#ifdef wxHAS_ATOMIC_OPS
+ static const wxInt32 ITERATIONS_NUM = 10000000;
+#else
+ static const wxInt32 ITERATIONS_NUM = 1000;
+#endif
+