[Bug other/95971] [10 regression] Optimizer converts a false boolean value into a true boolean value

0xe2.0x9a.0x9b at gmail dot com gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Mon Jun 29 19:15:33 GMT 2020


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95971

--- Comment #9 from Jan Ziak (http://atom-symbol.net) <0xe2.0x9a.0x9b at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Martin Liška from comment #8)
> Or you can use -fno-finite-loops option.

I am sorry, but I cannot trust this compiler not to force me again spending
several hours of time just to learn that -O2 is semantically different from -O1
and -O3.

The meaning of "semantically equivalent" in my mind is different from the
meaning of "semantically equivalent" in your mind. Infinite loopiness is in my
opinion semantically significant, so the compiler should have printed a warning
that would inform me about the fact that the compiler is changing the semantics
of the code in question.

With -O3, the assembly code is:

Dump of assembler code for function main:
   <+0>:        sub    $0x8,%rsp
   <+4>:        xor    %edi,%edi
   <+6>:        callq  xbool(bool)
   <+11>:       jmp    main+11

"11: jmp 11" is a prime example of what -ffinite-loops is supposed to prevent
from being generated.

Assuming that -O3 actually does include -ffinite-loops, which I am unable to
verify because "g++ --help=optimizers -Q" doesn't accept the -std=gnu++11
option.


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