From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 'Register' in C
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 21:36:58 -0800
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Andrew Crabtree wrote:

> Your mistake was trying to correct a non-existent mistake.
> >> char buf[100];
> >> register *char bufptr = buf;
>
> This is good.

It is?

    parse error before `char'

He meant

    register char *bufptr = buf;

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