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> Check-and-set just works on the correct isolation level.

Which is not the default one.

> There is no isolation, your transaction will fail and be rolled back.

How so? Isn't it more likely you'll silently corrupt your data?

Even if it does fail noisily, this is a condition you're unlikely to hit in testing, so you'll probably be dealing with it in production.



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