http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56844
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-04-04 16:38:41 UTC --- >( str[i] != '\0' ) && ( i < 16 ) You access str[16] which is undefined behavior. Switch around the check for i and str[i] will work correctly. That is: for( i = 0; ( i < 16 ) && ( str[i] != '\0' ); i++ );