Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!drew
From: drew@geac.UUCP (Drew Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: noalias; parens honored
Keywords: ANSI C standard
Message-ID: <2006@geac.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 87 14:06:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: geac.2006
Posted: Tue Dec 22 09:06:25 1987
References: <6829@brl-smoke.ARPA> <2845@zeus.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: drew@lethe.UUCP (Drew Sullivan)
Organization: Systems Software
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Why are they adding keywords when there is a mechanism that exists to handle
hints to the compiler.  I mean what did they add #pragma for.
Microsoft C 5.0 has the following pragmas now:
	alloc_text	-- for segment management
	check_stack	-- run time stack checking (this is an intel 8088)
	functions	-- to override intrinsics
	intrinsic	-- and to override functions
	loop_opt	-- controls loop optimizing
	pack		-- controls structure packing
	same_seg	-- more segment managment

All the compiler writer has to do is add
	noalias		-- for relaxing the aliasing of pointers.

In fact maybe 'register' sould be phased out and #pragmas added for
	special register usage.

-- Drew Sullivan <drew@lethe.uucp>
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-- Drew Sullivan <drew@lethe.uucp>