Re: Small SSI issues - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dan Ports
Subject Re: Small SSI issues
Date
Msg-id 20110610213846.GQ26076@csail.mit.edu
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In response to Re: Small SSI issues  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:43:58PM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > Do checks such as that argue for keeping the volatile flag, or do
> > you think we can drop it if we make those changes?  (That would also
> > allow dropping a number of casts which exist just to avoid
> > warnings.)
> 
> I believe we can drop it, I'll double-check.

Yes, dropping it seems like the thing to do. It's been on my list for a
while. We are not really getting anything out of declaring it volatile
since we cast the volatile qualifier away most of the time.

Dan

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