From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 'Register' in C
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 18:07:24 -0800
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Charles Krug wrote:

> 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 . . .) */

No, this would declare bufptr to be of type int.

The declaration you're looking for is

    register char *bufptr = buf;

A pointer to char which is a register variable.

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