Re: [Boost-users] boost::bind, MSVC7.1 and volatile-qualification

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-15 09:12:34

Schalk_Cronje_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
>> Do you really have a volatile member function somewhere? I thought
>> that they were "officially" worthless.
>
> Well, that is a different matter. If one might want to follow
> Andrei's suggestion of using volatile to encapsulate synchronisation
> then they are still worthwhile. (CUJ February 2001).

I wouldn't go that way. After the great flame wars in 
comp.programming.threads regarding the article, Andrei himself has 
acknowledged that this might not be the proper way to do sychronization. 
He's since proposed a better approach.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=25298