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List:       openbsd-tech
Subject:    Re: killing registers
From:       Theo de Raadt <deraadt () cvs ! openbsd ! org>
Date:       2002-05-31 9:55:27
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> while browsing the cvs logs I see, that ocassionally registers get wiped (e.g.
> "register int c" -> "int c", example: src/bin/mt/mt.c revision 1.18 to 1.19).
> What is the reason for that?

Compilers no longer need it.

Smaller code is simpler code.  Simpler code is easier to check.  The
smaller and simpler a piece of code becomes, the more likely it is
that we will spot some other bug in it.

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