Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:46:11 +0100 | From | Edgar Toernig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] C undefined behavior fix |
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David Woodhouse wrote: > > What part of 'undefined behaviour' is so difficult for people to understand?
The behaviour is undefined by the C standard. But the mentioned pointer arithmetic is defined in the environment where it has been used. GCC tries to optimize undefined C-standard behaviour. And IMHO that's the point. It may optimize defined behaviour and should not touch things undefined by the standard.
Ciao, ET.
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