Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: volatile variable | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:38:54 +0100 |
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I was about to compose a reply contradicting you, but I can't be bothered. Dinesh -- the answer remains: do not use sleep_on() (you could perhaps use wait_event() instead though), and do not gratuitously make your variable volatile.
Richard, you're amusing to read, and have hence escaped my killfiles because I sometimes find it amusingly tricky to find your mistake -- sometimes I have to read your messages two or three times before I spot your errors, but they're always there somewhere. It must take a large amount of effort and skill to present arguments which are so close to the truth as to appear authoritative, yet introduce errors which are often so subtle. I cannot imagine that you achieve this so consistently by accident alone, and respect greatly your ability to do this.
I appreciate the amusement you provide for those who are familiar with your behaviour -- and interjected on this occasion only because you seemed to be misleading a newbie who wasn't likely to be aware of your history, without even much subtlety to your errors.
It may be vaguely amusing for those who are watching from the sidelines -- but in this instance you seem to be being a little unfair :)
-- dwmw2
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