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

[Matthias-Christian Ott]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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 And if you think "register" variables are outdated, please remove the 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
But this makes, like "register",  direct use of processor registers (it stores int arguments in eax, ebx, etc.).

Matthias-Christian Ott
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