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Subject: What does __restrict do?
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In various places in the source code, for example, in the code for printf():

printf(char const * __restrict fmt, ...)

I understand everything except __restrict.  What does that mean/do?  Is it
a FreeBSDism?  (I can't find anything about it in any C docs)

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