From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <0512e2aede262f37ed92b1d9a8902ad6@quintile.net> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:09:40 +0000 Message-ID: From: Charles Forsyth To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] 8c - is this leagal? Topicbox-Message-UUID: dc817db2-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 By which I meant that yes, it's legal ANSI C code to combine them. The strange way the compiler implements volatile references probably led to that odd diagnostic. As I said, I'd try nopping the volatile. On 21 November 2012 13:30, Charles Forsyth wrote: > static is scope, volatile has dynamic effects, very dynamic.