Re: user-mode port 0.44-2.4.7

[Davide Libenzi]

On 24-Jul-2001 Alexander Viro wrote:
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> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Davide Libenzi wrote:
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>> One more thing, with volatile you specify it one time ( declaration time ),
>> while with barrier() you've to spread inside the code tons of such macro
>> everywhere you touch the variable.
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> That's the whole point, damnit. Syntax (or semantics) sugar is a Bad Thing(tm).
> If your algorithm depends on something in a nontrivial way - _spell_ _it_ _out_.

I would not call, to pretend the compiler to issue memory loads every time it access
a variable, a nontrivial way.
It sounds pretty clear to me.

- Davide