From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:23:40 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH GIT 0.6] make use of register variables & size_t Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <426D21FE.3040401@tiscali.de> 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 And if you think "register" variables are outdated, please remove the 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