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From: limes@sun.uucp (Greg Limes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Optimization, volatile (was Re: volatile)
Message-ID: <52212@sun.uucp>
Date: 5 May 88 23:04:21 GMT
References: <13074@brl-adm.ARPA> <2003@rtech.UUCP> <503@wsccs.UUCP> <536@sol.warwick.ac.uk>
Reply-To: limes@sun.UUCP (Greg Limes)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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In article <536@sol.warwick.ac.uk> cudcv@cu.warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) writes:
>It's been said before, but some people seem to have missed it ... how do
>you use #pragma to specify all of:
>
>	volatile int *p;
>	int *volatile p;
>	volatile int *volatile p;

It's been said before, but some people seem to have missed it ...

	volatile int *p;		-> #pragma volatile (*p)
	int *volatile p;		-> #pragma volatile (p)
	volatile int *volatile p;	-> #pragma volatile (p, *p)

Lets have volatile in the language, but not for the wrong reasons.
-- 
   Greg Limes [limes@sun.com]			Illigitimi Non Carborundum