[Call for Testers] VirtualBox 4.2.4
Mike Jakubik
mike.jakubik at intertainservices.com
Wed Oct 31 07:43:05 UTC 2012
On 2012-10-30 08:07 PM, Jason Andresen wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2012, at 15:56, Bernhard Fröhlich <decke at FreeBSD.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Clang does not support global registered variables so it's not
>> supposed to
>> work.
>
> Is this a feature? Is there a reason why clang couldn't be updated
> to support this if actual software is using it?
It is a feature, but it appears to be a dirty one. Below is a link to a
supposed Apple developer explaining the lack of this feature. I'm not a
programmer but a humble sysadmin, so i do not know if this is true.
http://nondot.org/sabre/LLVMNotes/GlobalRegisterVariables.txt
Thanks.
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