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Re: ++i++ in Plain English

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 18:45
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In article <1991Apr25.190127.8178@cs.ucla.edu> jon@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Jonathan Gingerich) writes:
>May accessing a volatile cause external (to the program) changes?

Yes, but that's not relevant.  Even accessing a non-volatile could do that.

>If so, then it could never be optimized out.

That's the requirement for accesses to volatiles anyway.
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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
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