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

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 25, 2005, 17:23 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251021280.18901@ppc970.osdl.org>
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
>
> "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".

They _are_ relicts of the 60's. It's just that the C standard hasn't ever had the reason to remove them.

> And if you think "register" variables are outdated, please remove the 
> CONFIG_REGPARM option from the Kernel source.
That does something totally different. And doesn't use "register" at all.
Pass the toke, you've been hogging the drugs for way too long.
		Linus
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