Subj : Re: Memory visibility and the C compiler... ( a bit long )
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Markus Elfring
Date : Thu Jan 20 2005 10:25 pm

> Nothing would go away. Think of JIT inlining and reordering. You're
> still making assumption that may not hold.

An article by Herb Sutter contains more useful background informations.

Mill #29: Inline Redux,
C/C++ Users Journal, 21(11), November 2003
http://cuj.com/documents/s=8906/cujexp0311sutter/sutter.htm

Another version of this description can be found in the chapter "25. inline
Redux" of the book "Exceptional C++ Style".
http://gotw.ca/publications/xc++s.htm

Regards,
Markus

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