Overloading the semantics of the register keyword.http://blogs.msdn.com/ericflee/archive/2004/06/08/151481.aspxI often think about what I would change in C++ were I given carte blanche to update the language. One thing in particular has been on mind in recent months&#8212;the register keyword. The register keyword was originally intended to allow C programmersen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Overloading the semantics of the register keyword.http://blogs.msdn.com/ericflee/archive/2004/06/08/151481.aspx#151685Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:51:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:151685Dmitriy Zaslavskiy1. This is pretty good idea, and this can be done without any changes to the language itself. <br>2. How come VC8 doesn't distinguish long double and double? I thought VC7 did. Have to go back and check.re: Overloading the semantics of the register keyword.http://blogs.msdn.com/ericflee/archive/2004/06/08/151481.aspx#152872Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:53:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:152872John AlbertsInteresting idea; I think there is a similar proposal for Java (?). <br> <br>Two questions: <br>What would &quot;register float&quot; mean? <br>How would this work under fp:fast?