From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 1 15:02:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01234 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:02:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01220 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:02:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA20244; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:32:47 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id JAA73667; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:32:46 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:32:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Peter Jeremy Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Obutuse code (was: btokup().. patch to STYLE(9) (fwd)) Message-ID: <19990202093246.M71384@freebie.lemis.com> References: <99Feb2.070121est.40330@border.alcanet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <99Feb2.070121est.40330@border.alcanet.com.au>; from Peter Jeremy on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:11:06AM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 2 February 1999 at 7:11:06 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > BTW, anyone looking further afield from the above comment might notice > code like: > > register *foo; > > foo = u.u_area; > foo->p_xyzzy =+ n; > > There aren't may C compilers left that can handle this sort of code... Ah, but there's better: #define PS 0177776 struct { int integ; }; sleep(chan, pri) { int s; register *rp; s = PS->integ; Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message