[PATCH] Optimize sprintf(buffer,"foo")

Roger Sayle roger@eyesopen.com
Mon Jun 23 21:06:00 GMT 2003


Hi Richard,

> > Does anyone know why some of the gcc.c-torture/execute/string-opts-*.c
> > were moved to gcc.c-torture/execute/builtins and the others weren't?
> > Clearly static-after-extern wasn't the only consideration as almost
> > all of the remaining string-opts-*.c tests use this idiom.
>
> The idea was to move only those that had to be moved ("to avoid
> unncessary disruption").  Tests like the one above are supposed
> to fail, so it doesn't really matter how the failure happens.

Ah.  Thanks for the explanation.  That makes sense.

Roger
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