proposed changes to eliminate P macro

[Jonathan Leffler]

On Nov 13, 2007 2:49 PM, Ken Pizzini <tz_ at explicate.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:46:13AM -0500, Arthur David Olson wrote:
> > My own use of "register" isn't to provide compilers with hints but
> > rather to avoid unintended calls by reference;
>
> Is it possible to make "unintended calls by reference", without at
> least a stern warning from the compiler (if not an outright error)
> in the world of prototyped function calls?  Passing a pointer-to-T
> is quite different from passing a value of type T, after all.
>

To pass by reference, you have to apply the 'address-of' operator to the
variable: &variable.
The register storage class prevents you applying & to a variable.

But you're correct: except in the weird world of the void pointer (and
pointer to void pointer, etc), with prototypes in force, you can't pass
variable where &variable is correct (or vice versa), so forgetting to apply
the & would be an error spotted by the compiler.

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