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Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.

From: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
To: roland at hack dot frob dot com
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:23:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
References: <20120418.170915.1069462961405738395.davem@davemloft.net><20120418221326.567322C0C0@topped-with-meat.com>

From: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:13:26 -0700 (PDT)

> The original intent seems to have been what {,u}int_fast8_t is for.
> So why not use that?

I would say because, like reg_char, they seem utterly useless.

Nobody overrides them just like nobody overrides reg_char.

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  - From: David Miller
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