This behavior (which "volatile" aggravates) unfortunately makes it even tougher to find race conditions. In my experience,
> volatile should be avoided. I'd even bet money that some grumpy
person has written a "volatile considered harmful" essay.
I guess all this advice doesn't really apply to this case, though. The Microsoft API declares the parameter as a volatile*, indicating that they consider it "proper" usage of the API to declare the storage volatile. So ISTM that we should comply regardless of whether volatile is considered "morally wrong" in the general case. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
