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    cyberfish
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    Use of "volatile" in multithreading

    I am using the Boost library, but I suppose it applies to other threading libraries, too.

    Is "volatile" needed for all resources shared between threads? Including mutexes?

    Thanks

    [edit]I am aware that volatile shouldn't be used for synchronization. Just for optimization suppression.[/edit]
    Last edited by cyberfish; 06-08-2009 at 06:40 AM.
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