Volatile

Definitions

1. A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
2. A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.

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Examples

“Operations on C++ volatiles do put⟳ the compiler on notice⟳ that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use⟳ than ordinary variable accesses.”

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