------- Comment #4 from reza dot yazdani at amd dot com 2010-02-05 23:11 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > "The optimization performed is correct because: > > In C++ (not in C) a const modifier in a global variable has internal > linkage (i.e. it is treated like a static variable) and therefore the > optimization performed is correct. A global const variable can have > legally different values in different files. > > In C, it is illegal to initialize a global variable in more than one > location, and if initialized in more than one place all values must be > the same, because its initial value is nondeterministic if different. > > This bug is unrelated to PIC, it will behave the same, if the program is > written according to the C/C++ standards." > > I suggest to be closed and marked as user error. >
Sorry, ignore the above comment. I wanted to add the above comment to the bug 35501. It was the first time I was doing this and somehow, it got added to this bug. Please ignore it. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30153
