[tz] bringing tzcode in the ANSI era

[Dominique Pellé]

Ian Abbott wrote:

> On 26/10/12 12:10, Arthur David Olson wrote:
>>
>>  > ...can we please 's/register //g'? It is not adding any value...
>>
>> Declaring something with "register" means it doesn't have an address and
>> that its value can't be changed by way of a pointer; the declaration can
>> be both a hint to the compiler and a mental aid for aging humans (such
>> as yours truly).
>
>
> Or possibly a hindrance to the compiler.  Didn't 'register' go out of
> fashion back in the 90s?

Indeed.  Compilers today are generally better than humans at deciding
what variables should be stored in registers.  Modern compilers even
ignore the 'register' hint I think.

+1 for removing the 'register' keywords.

-- Dominique