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In article <2330@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> pc@ukc.ac.uk (R.P.A.Collinson) writes:
>
>The following C bits will generate incorrect code:
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>	char	buffer[BUFSIZ];
>
>	register char *pt;
>	register n;
>
>	/* How many bytes left in the buffer please ? */
>	n = &buffer[BUFSIZ] - pt;
>
   Doesn't the declaration "register char *pt;" mean "a pointer to a
register," in fact?  Can you tell me what a pointer to a register is?
Supposedly, that kind of (presumably) illegal declaration is ignored,
but I can see where a writer of a <$100 compiler might not handle it
correctly.  That's no excuse, of course...
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