[Bug c/41882] gcc bug when comparing x to -x (linux, 32-bit)

ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Sat Oct 31 09:38:00 GMT 2009



------- Comment #4 from ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org  2009-10-31 09:38 -------
> Thanks for your quick response.  I would like to point out that on every 
> compiler and machine I've used, the behavior of signed overflow may not be 
> defined -- but it's always been consistent.

Consistency on undefined behavior is not mandated (it's a tautology) and would
have a substantial cost.  You can use -Wstrict-overflow to detect these cases.


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