Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:08:48 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tail forward.c read.c reverse.c tail Message-ID: <20001204210848.B64100@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <200012041942.eB4Jgrp75009@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 11:42:53AM -0800 References: <200012031705.eB3H5ke30393@freefall.freebsd.org> <XFMail.001204105855.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20001204202406.A64100@lucifer.bart.nl> <200012041942.eB4Jgrp75009@earth.backplane.com>
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-On [20001204 20:45], Matt Dillon (dillon@earth.backplane.com) wrote: >:>They also ignore the register keyword, so this is a rather pointless change, >:>although it does add to repo bloat and in more active code could make diffs >:>harder to read. :-/ >: >:So effectively the register keyword doesn't serve any purpose anymore >:nowadays. What would be the point in leaving it in? > > No point. It just junks things up. I usually remove 'register' > on any module I'm working on directly, but unless we have a mandate > to clean up the source base it wouldn't be proper to remove it > gratuitously, making porting work harder. What I tried to communicate in my last message to John was the fact that I am actively working on the userland, synching it with NetBSD and OpenBSD and bringing the source code more up to par with modern day standards and tools. > Besides, most of those register keywords came from the original > VAX-oriented source-base. They plain and simply do not apply, even > if the compiler actually did something with them. Point taken. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven VIA Net.Works The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best Network- and systemadministrator D78D D0AD 244D 1D12 C9CA 7152 035C 1138 546A B867 We're not submissive, we're not aggressive, but they think we can't defend To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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