Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Gianni Mariani
Date : Fri Jan 21 2005 09:20 am

David Hopwood wrote:
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> That's not obvious. Assuming preemptive multithreading, memory barriers
> are still needed on a uniprocessor to limit compiler reordering.

Wouldn't the volatile keyword indicate that to the compiler ?

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