MSVC is horrendous

build.zig

@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ const LuaVersion = enum {
     lua54,
 };
 
-fn compileRaylib(b: *std.Build, os: std.Target.Os.Tag, c: *std.Build.Step.Compile) void {
+fn compileRaylib(b: *std.Build, os: std.Target.Os.Tag, buildOpts: LibBuildOpts, c: *std.Build.Step.Compile) void {
     // TODO: find out how to send our target to this build cmd
-    const raylib = b.addSystemCommand(&.{ "zig", "build" });
+    const targetStr = buildOpts.target.result.zigTriple(b.allocator) catch unreachable;
+    defer b.allocator.free(targetStr);
+
+    const targetArg = std.fmt.allocPrint(b.allocator, "-Dtarget={s}", .{targetStr}) catch unreachable;
+    defer b.allocator.free(targetArg);
+    const raylib = b.addSystemCommand(&.{ "zig", "build", targetArg });
     raylib.setCwd(b.path("foreign/raylib/"));
     raylib.stdio = .inherit;
 
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         if (sysraylib_flag) {
             emulator.linkSystemLibrary("raylib");
         } else {
-            compileRaylib(b, os, emulator);
+            compileRaylib(b, os, opts, emulator);
         }
 
         const luaVer = b.option(LuaVersion, "lua", "The version of Lua to use.") orelse LuaVersion.lua53;

src/neonucleus.c

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 // to use the numerical accuracy better
 #define NN_COMPONENT_CALLBUDGET 10000
 
-// NN_ATOMIC_NONE accepts 1 args, others 2
 #ifdef NN_ATOMIC_NONE
 typedef size_t nn_refc_t;
 
@@ -27,6 +26,32 @@ bool nn_decRef(nn_refc_t *refc, size_t n) {
 	(*refc) -= n;
 	return (*refc) == 0;
 }
+#elif defined(NN_ATOMIC_MSVC)
+// MSVC lacks C11 <stdatomic.h> in C mode, but has interlocked intrinsics.
+// _InterlockedExchangeAdd operates on long (32-bit),
+// _InterlockedExchangeAdd64 operates on __int64 (64-bit).
+// We pick the right one based on pointer size since size_t matches that.
+#include <intrin.h>
+
+typedef volatile size_t nn_refc_t;
+
+void nn_incRef(nn_refc_t *refc, size_t n) {
+#if defined(_WIN64)
+    _InterlockedExchangeAdd64((__int64 volatile *)refc, (__int64)n);
+#else
+    _InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile *)refc, (long)n);
+#endif
+}
+
+bool nn_decRef(nn_refc_t *refc, size_t n) {
+#if defined(_WIN64)
+    __int64 old = _InterlockedExchangeAdd64((__int64 volatile *)refc, -(__int64)n);
+    return (size_t)old == n;
+#else
+    long old = _InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile *)refc, -(long)n);
+    return (size_t)old == n;
+#endif
+}
 #else
 // we need atomics for thread-safe reference counting that will be used
 // for managing the lifetimes of various resources

src/neonucleus.h

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__cplusplus)
-#ifndef NN_ATOMIC_NONE
+#ifndef NN_ATOMIC_MSVC
-#define NN_ATOMIC_NONE
+#define NN_ATOMIC_MSVC
 #endif
 #endif