[tz] bringing tzcode in the ANSI era

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Fri Oct 26 13:20:49 UTC 2012


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?

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