volatile semantics

[Daniel Berlin]

> In other words, we're asked to agree that the type of an object
> changes depending on how it is accessed.
> For the benefit of readers, only the first sentence of this para is
> the language of the standard; the rest isn't.  
> 
> That an object referred to through a volatile pointer must
> "temporarily" be treated as though it were declared volatile is the
> crux of this argument. 

Again, you could say the same about const, restrict, or any other
qualifier then, making them more or less useless as qualifiers.