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volatile veriable

what is volatile veriable?
when it use?
Mar 27 '07 #1
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what is volatile veriable?
when it use?
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Mar 27 '07 #2
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The volatile-keyword is used on variables that may be modified simultaneously by other threads, (or communication).
This force the compiler to fetch them fresh each time, instead of caching them in registers, or remove it in the optimizing-phase.
Mar 27 '07 #3

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