On May 22 2007 14:38, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> On 5/18/07, Andrey Panin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 138, 05 18, 2007 at 03:28:31PM +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
>> > + register const unsigned char *ip;
>>
>> register keyword is meaningless for today's compiler.
>
> But can we assume that gcc is being used? What if we use compiler for
> which it does matter (can't give example for this...)?
How dumb must a compiler be? Although I cannot give an example either,
the register keyword MAY 'clog up' a register, making it harder for
cc to optimally use the whole register set. Imagine we had even less
regs than the x86(_32) already does.
Jan
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