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> > I am having a problem with gcc 1.40 on a DECstation 5000. Whenever I
> > compile a program with the -g option and try to use dbx or gdb,
 . . .
> 
> you mean by 'local'?  If so, a way to get around it is to do the following:
> 
> #ifdef DEBUG
> #define REG
> #else
> #define REG register
> #endif
> 
> Then declare things like
> REG int x;
> 
> If you compile for debugging, use -DDEBUG to turn off all register  
> declarations.  There is probably a macro already set by -g that you could look  
> up and use, actually.

You could just try this:

gcc -Dregister=

when you want to compile programs without assigning things to registers
for debugging purposes.  It may also be a good idea to use -Dinline= if
you use gcc's function inlining capabilities.

Pat