> And the author's solution is to replace that one line with this: Which does not do what the author wants it to do. volatile auto device_registers_ptr =

> And the author's solution is to replace that one line with this: Which does not do what the author wants it to do. volatile auto device_registers_ptr = reinterpret_cast<DeviceSetup*>(DeviceControlAddress); 'decltype(device_registers_ptr)' yields 'DeviceSetup* volatile', when clearly 'DeviceSetup volatile*' was intended. Insert some witty rant about programmers being attracted to complexity here.