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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Core files ... it works
Keywords: core data bss XINU, save/restore regs
Message-ID: <12303@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jul 88 16:37:07 GMT
References: <344@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> <441@anagld.UUCP> <790@scubed.UUCP> <551@philmds.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <551@philmds.UUCP> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
>How about using setjmp() and longjmp()? Isn't that a - fairly - portable way
>to get/restores the registers?

Alas, no.  It may not save and restore *any* registers, especially
given the statement in the dpANS that local variables must be declared
`volatile' to get any guarantee from longjmp().
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