On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:37:13AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > As an example: > > int a[10]; > volatile int* b = a; > > for(unsigned i=0; i<10; i++) > *b++ = 0; > > When the dereference occurs through b, does it produce a volatile element? > as far as I understand volatile this is just telling the compiler that the assignment here can not be reordered thats it - it does not change the propertieis of a[] in any way if that is what you means with "produce volatile elements" with other words if you later use say a[4] = c (with c not being volatile) then the compiler can again reorder / optimize out things as seen fit. thx! hofrat
