https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66166
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- No sequence point in assignment of a and the function call so it is unspecified. Which means both cases are "correct".