CRITICAL_SECTION for set and get single bool value

Question

now writing complicated class and felt that I use to much CRITICAL_SECTION.

As far as I know there are atomic operations for some types, th

Answer 1

1. You don't need locks round atomic data, but internally they might lock. Note for example, C++11's std::atomic has a is_lock_free function.
2. bool may not be atomic. See here and here