optimization/9015: bc segfaults when compiled with optimization

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Patrick Smith wrote:

> Found it.
> 
> This turns out to be a bug in GNU bc.  As luck would have it, it only 
> seems to cause damage when compiled with optimization on and a recent 
> gcc.  :-(
> 
> Sorry to have bothered you.

No need to apologize. Rather: Thanks for looking into this, as otherwise 
one of us would have to do the work.


> (In case you're interested... load_code saves data in a local variable 
> on one call, and then tries to retrieve that data on a subsequent call.)

I assume that the variable is not static, right?

Regards
  Wolfgang

PS: Don't forget to send a patch (or some other indication of the problem) 
to the bc people.

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