TODO for 5.2 v3

[Torbjorn Granlund]

nisse at lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller) writes:

  Another thing I was about to ask, but forgot, is use of volatile.
  
  I added it to the mpn_cnd_swap and mpn_sec_eq_ui prototypes, in an
  attempt to tell the compiler to not be too clever. But I'm not entirely
  sure where it is useful.
  
The volatile qualifier makes sure the number of memory reads and memory
writes remain unchanged from the source code.  This means that the
compiler is allowed to CSE them for code density, but not for speed.

But volatile has no meaning for non-pointers.

It would be nice with a non-branch keyword too.  Clerly, "static" would
be perfect for this.  :-)


Torbjörn
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