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Defeating the Optimizer --- Chandler Carruth' CppCon2015 Tricks
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static void escape(void* p) {
asm volatile("" : : "g"(p) : "memory");
}
static void clobber() {
asm volatile("" : : : "memory");
}
@johnmcfarlane
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Does anyone know the equivalent trick for the Visual C++ compiler?

@TheMarex
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VC can do something like:

#pragma optimize( "", off )
template<typename T>
static void escape(T&& v) {
   T local = v;
}
#pragma optimize( "", on )

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