[Peter Samuelson]
> > Is this similar to the gcc 'const' attribute?
> >
> > int foo (int, char *) __attribute__((__const__));
> >
> > This is valid in GNU C (not just C++). Read the info page for
> > details.
[Eray Ozkural]
> Probably, I haven't used it in my C code though. I've found an
> article explaining the C9x restrict keyword at URL
>
> http://www.cuj.com/archive/1707/feature.html
OK, it appears your 'restrict' keyword has *nothing* to do with
"constant functions" as gcc implements them. 'restrict' is all about
pointers not being aliased. A gcc constant function, OTOH, is one
guaranteed not to have any side effects, so its return value can be
cached and reused by the optimizer. Two completely different things.
And I have no idea if gcc implements 'restrict' or not. As of 2.95 it
does do type-based alias optimizing, so I imagine at least a lot of the
infrastructure is there.
Peter
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