Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262673AbVDYR2X (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:28:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262679AbVDYRZ5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:25:57 -0400 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:61634 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262673AbVDYRVq (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:21:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:23:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Matthias-Christian Ott cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH GIT 0.6] make use of register variables & size_t In-Reply-To: <426D21FE.3040401@tiscali.de> Message-ID: References: <426CD1F1.2010101@tiscali.de> <426D21FE.3040401@tiscali.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 805 Lines: 23 On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote: > > "register" and "auto" variables aren't relicts of the 60's, they're a > part of the ISO-C 99 standard, I'm following, "man". They _are_ relicts of the 60's. It's just that the C standard hasn't ever had the reason to remove them. > And if you think "register" variables are outdated, please remove the > CONFIG_REGPARM option from the Kernel source. That does something totally different. And doesn't use "register" at all. Pass the toke, you've been hogging the drugs for way too long. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/