volatile isn't necessary, but it's there

[Karl Heuer]

In article <7794 at alice.UUCP> dmr at alice.UUCP writes:
>[The |volatile| clause for setjmp] simply caters to broken compilers....
>This is just a botch; the committee should have insisted that, if necessary,
>the compiler recognize setjmp and handle its caller specially.

This is true.  If I have time to write it up before the deadline, I'll propose
that this clause be deprecated.  (I presume there are vendors that would
object if it were simply removed.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint