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With -O2 it calls bind with 0, without and with -O3 it works fine. Asio is a C++ networking library. $ g++ -I misc -lpthread t.cpp && strace ./a.out ... bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(2711), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 ... $ g++ -I misc -O2 -lpthread t.cpp && strace ./a.out ... bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 ... http://downloads.sourceforge.net/asio/asio-0.3.9.tar.bz2?modtime=1197163255&big_mirror=0 #include <asio.hpp> class server { public: server(asio::io_service&); asio::ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor_; }; server::server(asio::io_service& io_service): acceptor_(io_service, asio::ip::tcp::endpoint(asio::ip::tcp::v4(), 2711)) { } int main() { asio::io_service io_service; server s(io_service); return 0; } $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.3-20080127-1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.0 20080127 (experimental) [trunk revision 131882] (Debian 4.3-20080127-1) -- Summary: Integer variable value lost due to optimizations? Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: olafvdspek at gmail dot com GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35057