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"DuckE" <nospam_steved94@home.com> writes:

> Should't
> 
>  pragma Atomic( variable );
> 
> cause accesses to a variable to be performed as a single operation?

Yes.

And if the hardware can't do it, you'll get a compile-time error.

- Bob