Say the CPU has only AL, BL, CL, DL or eight 8 bit registers, and if
want to declare 10 register variables in my code, is it possible to do
it?
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RANNA wrote:
Say the CPU has only AL, BL, CL, DL or eight 8 bit registers, and if
want to declare 10 register variables in my code, is it possible to do
it?
You can declare as many register variables as you want. The compiler is
free to ignore any of those declarations; it's even free to ignore all
of them.
If all 10 variables must exist at the same time, the compiler can't
possibly implement them all as registers on such a machine. However,
keep in mind that the compiler has a lot of freedom to rearrange your
code, so long as the rearranged code has the same behavior as the
original. If it finds a rearrangement such that two of your variables
are never storing a value as the same time, it might implement both of
them as using the same register. If it finds two such pairs, it might be
able to put all ten variables into 8 registers. However, it's more
likely to ignore some or all of your 'register' declarations, and make
up it's own mind about which variables should be stored in registers.
When doing so, it will probably make a better choice than the one that
you made.
If it's really important to you to control such things, the C language
is the wrong one to use. You probably should use some sort of assembly
language.
RANNA wrote:
Say the CPU has only AL, BL, CL, DL or eight 8 bit registers, and if
want to declare 10 register variables in my code, is it possible to do
it?
Yes. Declare a hundred if you like, or a thousand.
But it probably won't do you any good. Declaring a variable with
the `register' storage class does two things: It prevents you from
forming any pointers to the variable, and it suggests that access to
the variable should be as fast as possible. Note that "suggests" is
not the same as "commands," and the compiler may choose to ignore
your suggestion. Nowadays, few compilers pay attention to it, so
you're left with only the first effect.
In the Bad Old Days, `register' could have a significant effect
on the performance of a program. Note that "significan t" is not
necessarily the same as "beneficial ;" sometimes adding `register'
made the program slower ...
-- Er*********@sun .com
James Kuyper <ja*********@ve rizon.netwrites :
RANNA wrote:
Say the CPU has only AL, BL, CL, DL or eight 8 bit registers, and if
want to declare 10 register variables in my code, is it possible to do
it?
You can declare as many register variables as you want. The compiler is
free to ignore any of those declarations; it's even free to ignore all
of them.
<pardon-my-pedantry>
Of course what is meant is that the compiler may ignore the 'register'
storage class specifiers, not that it may ignore the declarations.
</pardon-my-pedantry>
[...]
In article <kf************ *@alumnus.calte ch.edu>,
Tim Rentsch <tx*@alumnus.ca ltech.eduwrote:
>James Kuyper <ja*********@ve rizon.netwrites :
>RANNA wrote:
Say the CPU has only AL, BL, CL, DL or eight 8 bit registers, and if
want to declare 10 register variables in my code, is it possible to do
it?
You can declare as many register variables as you want. The compiler is
free to ignore any of those declarations; it's even free to ignore all
of them.
<pardon-my-pedantry>
Of course what is meant is that the compiler may ignore the 'register'
storage class specifiers, not that it may ignore the declarations.
</pardon-my-pedantry>
<super-pedant-mode>
Someone will come along and point out that the other key thing about
register variables is that you can't take their address.
So, the compiler is not free to ignore the 'register' keyword (as if you
had done: #define register)
in the sense that if you later try to apply the & to such a variable, it
has to flag it.
In article <gf*********@ne ws.xmission.com >,
Kenny McCormack <ga*****@shell. xmission.comwro te:
><super-pedant-mode>
>So, the compiler is not free to ignore the 'register' keyword (as if you
had done: #define register)
in the sense that if you later try to apply the & to such a variable, it
has to flag it.
Ha, call that super-pedantry?
A compiler is free to issue any diagnostics it likes for legal code.
So it could warn every time the address of *any* variable is taken,
and it would then be free to ignore "register".
-- Richard
--
Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
Richard Tobin wrote:
Kenny McCormack <ga*****@shell. xmission.comwro te:
><super-pedant-mode>
>So, the compiler is not free to ignore the 'register' keyword
(as if you had done: #define register) in the sense that if you
later try to apply the & to such a variable, it has to flag it.
Ha, call that super-pedantry?
A compiler is free to issue any diagnostics it likes for legal
code. So it could warn every time the address of *any* variable
is taken, and it would then be free to ignore "register".
No, it isn't free to ignore 'register'. It is free to avoid the
act of assigning a register. It is not free to allow access to the
address of that variable.
--
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Try the download section.
CBFalconer said:
Richard Tobin wrote:
>Kenny McCormack <ga*****@shell. xmission.comwro te:
>><super-pedant-mode>
>>So, the compiler is not free to ignore the 'register' keyword
(as if you had done: #define register) in the sense that if you
later try to apply the & to such a variable, it has to flag it.
Ha, call that super-pedantry?
A compiler is free to issue any diagnostics it likes for legal
code. So it could warn every time the address of *any* variable
is taken, and it would then be free to ignore "register".
No, it isn't free to ignore 'register'.
Under the conditions that Richard Tobin stated, it is.
It is free to avoid the act of assigning a register.
Yes.
It is not free to allow access to the address of that variable.
Wrong. If a program attempts to take the address of an object whose
identifier is register-qualified, a constraint has been broken, and this
requires a diagnostic message. If the implementation diagnoses *every*
occurrence of an address being taken, then it will diagnose the taking of
the address of an object whose identifier is register-qualified. It is
then free to produce an executable program, or not - either is legal. The
behaviour of such a program, if produced, would of course be undefined.
--
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