Mixed mode arithmetic - GCC 3.3.3-3 bug?

Eric Botcazou ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr
Tue Mar 30 05:59:00 GMT 2004


> Gives this result with GCC 3.3.3-3 on RH9 (and also with GCC gcc-3.2.2-5):
>
> Integer Subtraction
> DDN = -25536
> DDN = 30000
> Real Subtraction
> DDN = -25536
> DDN = -32768
>
> Whereas on Solaris9 with Forte 2 Update 6 compiler I get this (which is
> what I would expect):
>
> Integer Subtraction
> DDN = -25536
> DDN = 30000
> Real Subtraction
> DDN = -25536
> DDN = 30000
>
> Is this a bug in GCC or I am not understanding its behaviour properly ?

Yep, this is a bug in the compiler.  Please file a formal bug report with 
Bugzilla at http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ .

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Eric Botcazou



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