From: Matthias-Christian Ott Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:59:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH GIT 0.6] make use of register variables & size_t Message-ID: <426D21FE.3040401@tiscali.de> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote: > >>The "git" didn't try store small variables, which aren't referenced, in >>the processor registers. It also didn't use the size_t type. I corrected >>a C++ style comment too. > > > What kind of ancient C standard are you working against? > > // isn't "C++" any more, and "register" variables are sooo 60's, man. > > Pass the toke, > > Linus > "register" and "auto" variables aren't relicts of the 60's, they're a part of the ISO-C 99 standard, I'm following, "man". And if you think "register" variables are outdated, please remove the CONFIG_REGPARM option from the Kernel source. Removing a "//" comment makes sense in this case because a "//" comment between hundrets of "/* */" comments looks extremly ugly and shows that the source is "patchworked" and unstructured. Today a lot of people forget about the basic rules of coding. You too. :) Matthias-Christian Ott Literature: [1] Dr.-Ing. Ludwig Claßen, Dipl.-Math. Ulrich Oefler: Unix und C: Ein Anwenderbuch; VEB Verlag Technik Berlin; 1990 [2] Erik de Castro Lopo, Peter Aitken, Bradley L. Jones: Teach Yourself C for Linux Programming in 21 Days; SAMS Publishing; 1999