Subj : Re: 'volatile' Rules
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Tue Jun 07 2005 01:15 pm


"Joe Seigh" <jseigh_01@xemaps.com> wrote in message 
news:n5udnVum7vYofTjfRVn-1w@comcast.com...

> Signal handling has visibility rules analogous to the way pthreads has
> visibility rules.   They are also not documented which is also analogous 
> to
> pthread's rules not being documented.

    No, that's not true. The use of 'volatile' for these specific purposes 
is well documented and guaranteed.

    DS

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