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Re: Registers

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From: Mike (With friends like these, w...
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 23:20
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>> Using Lattice C 5.04, how many register variables can I allocate within 
>> a function?

As many as you want. Like all C compilers, it ignores the ones it
doesn't implement. Unlike most others, it doesn't implement any. The
compiler thinks it can do a better job of keeping stuff in the
registers by using them as cache than you can by tagging specific
variables as registers.

	<mike



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