[PATCH] Document arithmetic overflow semantics
Nathan Sidwell
nathan@codesourcery.com
Fri Feb 14 18:51:00 GMT 2003
Joe Buck wrote:
> For floating point, a signaling NaN can be used. For integers,
> 0xdeadbeef or some such.
>
> [ cases where gcc can't figure out that a variable is uninitialized ]
>
>
>>>Despite the small cost, this could be a real help to some people...
>>
>
> It should be possible to turn the feature off.
turned on at -O0, off at other levels?
nathan
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