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Re: Why doesn't combine like volatiles? (volatile_ok again, sorry!)

From: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
Cc: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>, "'Ian Lance Taylor'" <ian at airs dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:18:45 -0800
Subject: Re: Why doesn't combine like volatiles? (volatile_ok again, sorry!)
References: <SERRANO6qCvOeyYHeFu00000084@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <1132674761.27134.177.camel@pc960.cambridge.arm.com> <438342F8.7080304@adacore.com>

On Nov 22, 2005, at 8:10 AM, Robert Dewar wrote:

I think this is a bad idea in practice, since volatile will be used
to describe memory mapped devices, and combining can completely
mess up the access.

Only if one missed a restriction.

References:
- RE: Why doesn't combine like volatiles? (volatile_ok again, sorry!)
  - From: Dave Korn
- RE: Why doesn't combine like volatiles? (volatile_ok again, sorry!)
  - From: Richard Earnshaw
- Re: Why doesn't combine like volatiles? (volatile_ok again, sorry!)
  - From: Robert Dewar

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