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Re: cast of float to unsigned char bug on ARM with 3.4.5 - when was it fixed?

From: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg dot org>
To: John Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>
Cc: MSX to GCC <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:15:55 +0100
Subject: Re: cast of float to unsigned char bug on ARM with 3.4.5 - when was it fixed?
References: <20080108212505.GA27307@uranus.ravnborg.org> <C3AA2D95.29E2D%eljay@adobe.com>

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 07:51:49AM -0600, John Love-Jensen wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> > I assume this is a know bug that got fixed in later gcc's.
> > I have tried searching the gcc bug database with no luck.
> 
> It's not a GCC bug.  Your code a C bug (if I may be so presumptuous to
> describe using undefined C behavior as a "bug").

I would name it a bug relying on undefined behaviour.
Thanks for clarifyng this!

	Sam

References:
- cast of float to unsigned char bug on ARM with 3.4.5 - when was it fixed?
  - From: Sam Ravnborg
- Re: cast of float to unsigned char bug on ARM with 3.4.5 - when was it fixed?
  - From: John Love-Jensen

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