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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: soundex algorithm wanted
Message-ID: <3266@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 09:31:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.3266
Posted: Thu Sep  4 09:31:38 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Sep-86 21:35:45 EDT
References: <27@houligan.UUCP> <672@bnrmtv.UUCP> <1239@whuxl.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Sci. Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD
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In article <1239@whuxl.UUCP> mike@whuxl.UUCP (BALDWIN) writes:
>	register char	c, lc, prev = '0';

All the compilers I have used ignore the `register' on `register
char' declarations.  In any case, an `int' will hold everything
that will fit in a `char', and is (usually) the `natural word size'
of the machine.  Is there ever any reason to declare a variable
`register char' rather than `register int'?  Are there any extant
compilers for which the latter will generate *worse* code?
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