GNU bug report logs - #11617
Don't use 'register'; these days it's not needed.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 06:10:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 11617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11617: Don't use 'register'; these days it's not needed.
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:40:11 -0700

On 06/04/2012 06:06 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> In my world, the keyword "register" is just another kind of whitespace.

It's a funny kind of whitespace that triggers compiler bugs
and makes code harder to read....  but I take your point and
won't remove 'register' all at once.
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