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Re: [PATCH] Preserve volatileness, fix PR32721

On 7/13/07 9:02 AM, Richard Guenther wrote:

>   volatile int *x;
> 
> is a declaration of a pointer _to_ a volatile int.  So

My confusion, then.  I read that as a 'volatile pointer to an int'.
I thought that 'pointer to a volatile int' would be 'int * volatile x'

>   *x
> 
> is an access to a volatile int.

OK, if that's the case then I have no problems with the patch.


Thanks.
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