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| <h3 class="section">4.8 Hints</h3> |
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| <li> <cite>The extent to which suggestions made by using the <code>register</code> |
| storage-class specifier are effective (C90 6.5.1, C99 and C11 6.7.1).</cite> |
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| <p>The <code>register</code> specifier affects code generation only in these ways: |
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| <li> When used as part of the register variable extension, see |
| <a href="Explicit-Reg-Vars.html#Explicit-Reg-Vars">Explicit Reg Vars</a>. |
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| </li><li> When <samp>-O0</samp> is in use, the compiler allocates distinct stack |
| memory for all variables that do not have the <code>register</code> |
| storage-class specifier; if <code>register</code> is specified, the variable |
| may have a shorter lifespan than the code would indicate and may never |
| be placed in memory. |
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| </li><li> On some rare x86 targets, <code>setjmp</code> doesn’t save the registers in |
| all circumstances. In those cases, GCC doesn’t allocate any variables |
| in registers unless they are marked <code>register</code>. |
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| </li><li> <cite>The extent to which suggestions made by using the inline function |
| specifier are effective (C99 and C11 6.7.4).</cite> |
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| <p>GCC will not inline any functions if the <samp>-fno-inline</samp> option is |
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