Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: volatile (in comp.lang.c) Message-ID: <1111@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Jun 88 22:31:04 GMT References: <20345@pyramid.pyramid.com> <833@mcdsun.UUCP> <1988May23.003847.1114@utzoo.uucp> <1078@micomvax.UUCP> <4922@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 10 In article <4922@ihlpf.ATT.COM> nevin1@ihlpf.UUCP (00704a-Liber,N.J.) writes: >... My question is: is there *any* use for 'volatile' >which does not require 'atomicity' at some level? ... Yes, any use created by the simple, straight forward requirements of memory mapped I/O. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!{philabs, mnetor}!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090