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From: karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Volatile declaration in C++
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Date: 9 Oct 89 19:07:15 GMT
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Reply-To: karsh@trifolium.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
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What is the status of the volatile declartion in C++.  The 2.0 compiler does
not allow it, but it apparently knows about it.  When you try to use it,
it says:

"", line 1: warning: "volatile" not implemented (ignored)

Has anyone figured out how to make volatile work in cfront?  Are there any
plans to make volatile an official part of the language?

They are really useful when you are using shared variables.


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			Bruce Karsh
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