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David Starner wrote:
> And there are many people who would be astonished if it matters
> and feel compelled to go find the author and beat them over the
> head with the ARM.

As I have said over and over again, the problematic case is when
it matters, and no one notices, and the compiler happens to do
what you want. Then a change in environment could result in the
order changing, and all of a sudden, code mysteriously breaks.