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bug in C compiler - accepts address of a register

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From: David Sherman
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1985 17:41

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I write the following code (by accident):

	register time_t now;
	...
	time(&now);

and the C compiler accepted it. The register, not surprisingly,
didn't get its value set. The compiler should have rejected this
attempt to take the address of a register.

Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
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