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From: jean@paradim.UUCP (Jean Pierre LeJacq)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: undesired optimiztion (was C++ coding standards)
Summary: Use volatile keyword
Message-ID: <280@paradim.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 90 18:55:00 GMT
References: <883@zinn.MV.COM>
Organization: Paradigm Software, Milford, NH
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In article <883@zinn.MV.COM>, mjv@objects.mv.com (Michael J. Vilot) writes:
> ...
> The Timer object `t' is only active in the inner block.  Of course, the
> object is apparently never used, so I may get into trouble with those
> building aggressively-optimizing compilers. ...

C++ uses the keyword volatile to provide a hint to the compiler
to avoid aggresive optimization involving an object. Since it is
only a hint, I'm not sure how portable a solution this would be.