On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:55:27AM +0300, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > > I think this program should not terminate at all because i will > > always be one greater than oldi. > > I think gcc3.0 has a problem with no optimization then but since > > there is later version that works gcc 3.1.1, upgrade. > > With no optimization the program runs correctly by the rules of integers > representation in memory. See the explanation below. >
I must have been asleep last night :} Thanks Alexei! gcc-3.1 generates similar code, don't have 3.2 on an i386 box to test. Though 3.2 on an hppa box produces a condition check even when at -O9 so other arches _do_ have it correct. c.
