[PATCH 20/265] ANSI-fied libX11

Thu Apr 26 19:26:52 PDT 2007

Pat Kane wrote:
> > + register Display *dpy,
>>> Are those "register" keywords still useful?

It's highly unlikely.
> I have always been a bit ignorant on what "register" means,
> is it a hint to the compiler or a hard requirement?

Both. Whether or not the variable is actually stored in a register is
up to the compiler, but taking the address of a "register" variable
with the "&" operator is an error regardless of whether or not the
compiler actually uses a register.
-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>