Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:01:31 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tail forward.c read.c reverse.c tail Message-ID: <3A2EEF7B.6F8F2BE@newsguy.com> References: <XFMail.001204105855.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 03-Dec-00 Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > > asmodai 2000/12/03 09:05:45 PST > > > > Modified files: > > usr.bin/tail forward.c read.c reverse.c tail.c > > Log: > > Remove register keyword usage with prejudice. > > Modern compilers are smarter when it comes to allocating register > > usage. > > They also ignore the register keyword, so this is a rather pointless change, > although it does add to repo bloat and in more active code could make diffs > harder to read. :-/ Not true. The register keyword is _not_ ignored and _does_ change register allocation. I know. I spent some time looking at the assembler code generated from regex, which makes extensive use of register keyword. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org "The bronze landed last, which canceled that method of impartial choice." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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