[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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