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psql use of 'volatile'

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-06-29T16:17:19Z
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Can someone explain why 'volatile' is used in psql/mainloop.c?  Seems
volatile is only for hardware-specific variables that can not be
optimized.


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