http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45784
--- Comment #2 from Geir Johansen <geir at cray dot com> --- Fails in GCC 4.8.0: $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.8.0 20130322 (Cray Inc.) Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ gcc -c -fopenmp -std=c99 ISU3417.c ISU3417.c: In function 'vla_test': ISU3417.c:24:25: error: invalid controlling predicate for (ptr = vla; ptr < vla + sizeof(vla)/sizeof(vla[0]); ^ $