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From: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz (Malcolm Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Locking the HW intr. handlers
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 04:55:04 GMT
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Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> wrote:

>> P.S.: BTW, has anyone read my suggestions about rewriting the libraries 
>> and startup files to be compatible with the register calling conventions?
>> Or maybe everyone thinks its just not worth anything? 

>It's a very interesting idea, but it's a major effort and will have 
>compatibility problems with code already out there.  If I had the time
>I would like to play with it more to see how big an effect is has on
>some typical applications to see if it's worth the effort.  So my 
>attitude right now is put it on the list of interesting things to play
>with when I get the time.

Is it not possible to mix the register calling convention with the
normal, and so all that would be needed is to make all the functions
that are in C '__attribute__ ((regparam(3)))' (or a relavant number) .
As far as I know the compiler and linker would then deal with it
itself. Please correct me if I am wrong though as I am interrested in
this to use in my own programs.

Malcolm