------- Comment #3 from rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-11-27 13:12 ------- I have a patch. The expected result is to optimize
<bb 2>: a.1_1 = (struct A *) &a; <<<change_dynamic_type (struct A *) a.1_1)>>> D.1744_2 = a.1_1; iftmp.0_3 = (struct A *) D.1744_2; if (iftmp.0_3 != 0B) goto <bb 3>; else goto <bb 4>; <bb 3>: D.1746_4 = 1.0e+0; __comp_ctor (iftmp.0_3, 42, 1.0e+0); <bb 4>: return; to <bb 2>: a.1_1 = (struct A *) &a; <<<change_dynamic_type (struct A *) a.1_1)>>> iftmp.0_3 = (struct A *) &a; D.1746_4 = 1.0e+0; __comp_ctor (iftmp.0_3, 42, 1.0e+0); return; -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34241