Document why the volatile read is used

diff --git a/src/libcore/hint.rs b/src/libcore/hint.rs
index 856720bd55427853e12dfb513b5ed0a8e040c730..6a6f8893bfbd67de367af2c1b219e94b1ecbcc8c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libcore/hint.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/hint.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ pub fn black_box<T>(dummy: T) -> T {
             )
         )
     )] {
+        // asm.js and emscripten do not support inline assembly
         unsafe {
             let ret = crate::ptr::read_volatile(&dummy);
             crate::mem::forget(dummy);