From: Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 'Register' in C
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:23:22 -0500
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Whoops!  I made a mistake.  corrections follow:

> char buf[100];
> register *char bufptr = buf;
>

This should read:

char buf[100];
register bufptr = buf;  /*(I think . . .) */


> Now bufptr is a register variable of type "pointer to char", which is probably
> what you're after.  ALSO--remember that "register" is a suggestion, not a
> requirement.  SOME compilers will ignore your suggestion, and giving the
> compiler impossible combinations of register variables will give "unpredictable
> results."  Also, be aware that declaring variables "register" does not always
> boost performance.
>
> Have you tried compileing w/ full optimizations yet?  Its likely to give better
> results than you or I could come up with.
>
> --
> Charles Krug, Jr.



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Charles Krug, Jr.
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