“pseudo-atomic” operations in C++

Question

So I\'m aware that nothing is atomic in C++. But I\'m trying to figure out if there are any \"pseudo-atomic\" assumptions I can make. The reason is that I want to avoid using

Answer 1

Volatile in C++ do not plays the same role than in Java. All the cases are undefined behavior as Steve saids. Some cases can be Ok for a compiler, oa given processor architecture and with a multi-threading system, but switching the optimization flags can make your program behave differently, as the C++03 compilers don't know about threads.

C++0x defines the rules that avoid race conditions and the operations that help you to master that, but to may knowledge there is no yet a compiler that implement yet all the part of the standard related to this subject.