c/8495: Big array allocation in gcc2.95 make compiler fail in assign_stack_temp_for_type

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>Number:         8495
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       Big array allocation in gcc2.95 make compiler fail in assign_stack_temp_for_type
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          ice-on-legal-code
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 07 16:16:04 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     gcc
>Release:        gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
>Organization:
>Environment:
i686-pc-linux-gnu
glibc 2.2.5
kernel 2.4.19
>Description:
Compilation fails for a big automatic array

filename.c: In function `main':
filename.c:5: Internal compiler error in      
             `assign_stack_temp_for_type',
              at function.c:938 "
>How-To-Repeat:
#define _GNU_SOURCE
int main(void) {
        long long unsigned int a[400000000];
        return 0;
}
gcc filename.c
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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