DIP62: Volatile type qualifier for unoptimizable variables in embedded programming

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 7/18/2014 6:16 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 07/19/2014 02:07 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 7/18/2014 4:58 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>> On 07/18/2014 08:37 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> That doesn't change the heavy effort in the semantic front end
>>>
>>> What does this mean in detail? Is it just about the unfortunate AST
>>> representation chosen or are there more sources of heavy effort in the
>>> front end?
>>
>> Again, take a look at the hundreds of references to volatile all through
>> the C++ specification for some idea.
>>
>
> I am not suggesting to do what C++ does.

That is what DIP62 suggests - the only difference being transitivity.