12c clr reg not programmable, why?

[Dave Britten]

(01-04-2020 07:56 PM)Csaba Tizedes Wrote:  

(01-03-2020 12:27 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  I've often wondered about this. Does anyone have any thoughts about this?

Because it is totally useless. If you want to do anything with a stored value you must to store it into a register first. Therefore no need to clear one or all of them.

Csaba

Does the same hold true for programs that use the cash flow functions? I haven't used those much, so I'm not sure what - if anything - you have to clear first.