Re: [boost] Re: Re: Proposed addition: sign_triats and [un]signed_cast

From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-12 03:06:56

"Jeffrey C. Jacobs" wrote:
> 
> Oh!  Good point, thanks Daniel!  Consider it done:
> 
> const volatile Integral &_T
> 
> Of course, a const volatile (or volatile const) anything is effectively
> saying: this value doesn't change but assume it changes frequently (don't
> cache it), so although as a completist I will support it, from a language
> POV it's sort of like saying:
> 
> Integral & const _T

Of course the & is always fixed, the 'const' and 'volatile' refer to the
type you are refering. Using both 'const' and 'volatile' is AFAIK a
useful thing as it says that *your* code will not change it, but another
thread could (or if it's a hardware register etc.). This prevents the
compiler from optimizing certain things away like moving the 'reading'
of the variable out of a loop or removing code paths that otherwise
would never be taken.

Regards, Daniel

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