From: jklowden@speakeasy.net   
      
   On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:18:04 -0700 (PDT)   
   Geert-Jan Giezeman  wrote:   
      
   > So, a possibility would be to invent some   
   > syntax to tell the compiler to pick the most efficient method of   
   > passing a value   
      
   Done.  it's called "C++".   
      
   The standard afaik imposes no machine-code restriction on function   
   call implementation.  Anything that adheres to the semantics it defines   
   is valid.   
      
   --jkl   
      
      
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