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From: mcfong@mercury.sybase.com (Martin C. Fong)
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Subject: Use of 'volatile' on RISC ULTRIX C compiler
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Date: 5 Oct 90 23:29:28 GMT
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How does the 'volatile' keyword affect the declarations below:

	volatile int * a;
	int volatile * b;
	int * volatile c;

All three statements are legal under the RISC ULTRIX C compiler.

Most of the documentation I have (including DEC's) does not elaborate
enough (for me anyway) on how the 'volatile' declaration should be
used.


Thanks.

Martin C. Fong
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