Re: About volatile qualifier
"Krat" wrote:
Well, but what happens if the same thread calls the Wakeup ()
function inside the while body? According to the author it works
as expected in this case.
If there is something inside the while body that is obscure for
the compiler, then "caching" optimization is not enabled. It
happens because the compiler cannot safely assume that the flag is
not accessed within the function. I suspect that the presence of
`Sleep' function will disable this optimization, as well.
Ok, this is surely true but how the compiler decide which thread
modifying the variable?
I am afraid that I am not following you. The compiler cannot
decide which thread modifying the variable. C++ compilers do not
understand threads, that's why the whole problem with "caching"
exists. You, as a developer, must ensure that the code behaves
correctly in the multithreaded environment. In this specific case
one should use `volatile' qualifier to disable possible
optimizations of `flag' variable.
Alex
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