Register arguments (was: Order of registers)

[drw at cullvax.UUCP]

karl at haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer) writes:
> You imply that the declaration "extern int foo(int)" (without "register") is
> incompatible with the definition "int foo(register int i) { ... }".  Does
> X3J11 really say this?

Well, reading section 3.5.3.3, 'register' is specifically allowed for
function arguments, and all other storage class specifiers are
specifically forbidden.  I presume that this means that it is
significant in matching, probably so the compiler can pass the
argument via a register.  Sign!  Another ambiguity in X3J11.

Dale
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