home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: library.erc.clarkson.edu!rpi!not-for-mail
- From: dean@KnK.com (Matthew Dean)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++.moderated,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Meaning of the specifier volatile?
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 03:38:26 -0000
- Organization: Kash n' Karry
- Sender: cppmods@netlab.cs.rpi.edu
- Approved: harkness@airmail.net
- Message-ID: <4ci6fi$nuf@netlab.cs.rpi.edu>
- References: <4c9740$27n@netlab.cs.rpi.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu
-
- X-Original-Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:28:51 GMT
-
- 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
- dean@KnK.com
- dean@digital.net
-
- [ comp.lang.c++.moderated is a moderated newsgroup. Submit articles ]
- [ to <c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu>. The moderation policy can be ]
- [ retrieved from <http://netlab.cs.rpi.edu/~cppmods/guide.html>. ]
- [ Moderators can be reached at: c++-request@netlab.cs.rpi.edu. ]
-