Re: Lattice C compiler bug

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From: Bruce Holloway
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1987 17:40

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In article <864@uwmacc.UUCP> oyster@unix.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster) writes:
>   Doesn't the declaration "register char *pt;" mean "a pointer to a
>register," in fact?

Easy to see you're not a 'C' programmer. The above declaration means that 'pt'
is a pointer to a character, and should be stored in a register if at all
possible. The statement "char **cp = &pt;" WOULD be illegal... perhaps this
is what you were thinking.
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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
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Subject: Re: Lattice C compiler bug
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Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 12:40:20 EST
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