[Bug preprocessor/25775] New: No removal of redundant referencing / dereferencing

[othojunk at yahoo dot com]

The preprocessor (or any subsequent component) does not remove superfluous
referencing and dereferencing. For instance take the example of accessing the
address of an element in an array.

&(data[i]) 

The preprocessor or at least another part should convert this to the equivalent
of 

(data + i)

Similarly the redundant de/referencing of &*&*&*variable is not be removed

I know that this can be done from the coders side but in my case some nice
tricks with macros and other things make it undesireable to code by hand.


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           Summary: No removal of redundant referencing / dereferencing
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.0.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: preprocessor
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: othojunk at yahoo dot com


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25775