Is It Safe to Cast Away volatile?
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Published on 2010-03-19T03:11:36Z
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Most of the time, I am doing this way.
class a {
public:
~ a() {
i = 100; // OK
delete (int *)j; // Compiler happy. But, is it safe?
// Error : delete j;
}
private:
volatile int i;
volatile int *j;
};
int main() {
a aa;
}
However, I saw an article here:
Casting away volatile allows access to an object through a non-volatile reference. This can result in undefined and perhaps unintended program behavior.
So, what will be the workaround for my above code example?
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