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Re: [PATCH GIT 0.6] make use of register variables & size_t

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 25, 2005, 14:52 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504250751330.18901@ppc970.osdl.org>
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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
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