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Re: cpplib: patch: three long-standing bugs
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at bitmover dot com>
- Subject: Re: cpplib: patch: three long-standing bugs
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 22:37:04 -0600
- cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at pobox dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <199909050228.TAA21313@zack.bitmover.com>you write:
> 4) 'register' isn't terribly useful with a modern compiler, but it
> isn't doing any harm either, and by including that change with the
> others you make it difficult for me to find the changes that actually
> need close examination. If you really want register expunged from the
> source, send that patch all by itself. I personally don't think it's
> worth bothering.
The only time GCC pays attention to a "register" declaration is during
a non-optimizing compilation. Even then I'm not sure how strong of a
hint "register" actually is.
I generally never write new code using "register", but I rarely take
the time to expunge it from existing code. Not worth the time IMHO.
jeff