Proposed resolution (September, 2009):

1. Change 9.2.2 [dcl.stc] paragraph 3 as follows:

A register specifier is a hint to the implementation that the object so declared will be heavily used. [Note: the hint can be ignored and in most implementations it will be ignored if the address of the object is taken. This use is deprecated (see [depr.register]). —end note]

2. Add a new section following _N3000_.D.4 [depr.string]:

register keyword [depr.register]

The use of the register keyword as a storage-class-specifier is deprecated (see 9.2.2 [dcl.stc]).

N2800 comment UK 86

The register keyword serves very little function, offering no more than a hint that a note says is typically ignored. It should be deprecated in this version of the standard, freeing the reserved name up for use in a future standard, much like auto has been re-used this time around for being similarly useless.

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