Re: Meaning of the specifier volatile?

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From: Matthew Dean
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 03:38

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volatile is used to identify a variable that might be changed by something other
than one of your programs.  a use for this might be a piece of hardware that
collects real-time data, or statistics about heat/tempature, and the volatile
variable is the link between your program and the hardware stuff.


Matt Dean
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dean@digital.net 

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