Oct 29, 2008 · Volatile is also needed in threaded code when you are playing with data that isn't concurrency protected. And yes there are valid times to be doing that, you can for example …

Feb 3, 2011 · The visibility effects of volatile variables extend beyond the value of the volatile variable itself. When thread A writes to a volatile variable and subsequently thread B reads …

Basically, volatile tells the compiler "the value here might be changed by something external to this program". It's useful when you're (for instance) dealing with hardware registers, that often …

Summary: What does the keyword volatile do when applied to a function declaration in C and in C++? Details: I see that it's possible to compile a function that is marked as volatile. However, ...

Aug 7, 2010 · The volatile keyword indicates that a field might be modified by multiple threads that are executing at the same time. The compiler, the runtime system, and even hardware may …

Aug 8, 2017 · 6 volatile means that the value of the variable can be changed by something which is not visible for the compiler. That means that the variable has to have a valid memory …

Jun 19, 2023 · The volatile keyword in C++ was inherited it from C, where it was intended as a general catch-all to indicate places where a compiler should allow for the possibility that …

Sep 2, 2017 · What's the difference between using the variable specifiers static volatile combined? Or using one alone; like static or volatile in microcontroller programming?

What does the volatile keyword do? In C++ what problem does it solve? In my case, I have never knowingly needed it.

Nov 3, 2009 · volatile is a type qualifier not a storage class specifier, so it does not determine storage location at all; it affects the definition of a variable's type, not its storage. It simply …