optimization/7799: [3.2/3.3 regression] Loop bug with optimization flag -Os in gcc

Joern Rennecke amylaar@onetel.net.uk
Fri Dec 20 01:24:00 GMT 2002


> 6.2.5.19:
>         ... An array type describes a contiguously allocated nonempty set of
>         objects with a particular member object type, called the element
>         type. ...
>
> So an array can not wrap around address 0.

It can't wrap around there, but if pointers are signed, it might straddle 0
nonetheless.  This requires, of course, for an aligned start address
that the address 0 is not the same as NULL, which AFAICR is something gcc
doesn't currently support.

OTOH, if the start address is not aligned to a multiple of the types size,
you can have the array straddle address 0 without it ever being a valid
address.  Well, that is if character pointers have a different
representation ;-)



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