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Re: Pathalogical divides

To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>
Subject: Re: Pathalogical divides
From: Jamie Lokier <egcs at tantalophile dot demon dot co dot uk>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:37:41 +0200
Cc: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <10009250957.AA08688@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <200009252126.OAA25437@geoffk.org>

Geoff Keating wrote:
> > Sure, except that the (largest_negtive_number % -1) *is* mathematically
> > defined: anything mod -1 is 0!  It's the corresponding *division* that's
> > undefined, but that isn't what the programmer is requesting.
> 
> I see!  You are right.  Yes, this is required to work.

And if it did work, GCC wouldn't crash when compiled with itself :-)

-- Jamie

References:
- Re: Pathalogical divides
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: Pathalogical divides
  - From: Geoff Keating

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