template class lock_free_queue { private: struct node { void release_ref() { node_counter old_counter = count.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); node_counter new_counter; do { new_counter = old_counter; --new_counter.internal_count; } while (!count.compare_exchange_strong(old_counter, new_counter, std::memory_order_acquire, std::memory_order_relaxed)); if (!new_counter.internal_count && !new_counter.external_counters) { delete this; } } }; };