https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70170

--- Comment #10 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Jason Merrill from comment #9)
> (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #7)
> > A small problem is that the second argument to POINTER_PLUS_EXPR is not
> > signed, but unsigned (sizetype).  Which is why I wrote "negative", negative
> > would mean having the most significant bit set or so.
> 
> This seems to cause a variety of problems.  Since it can be negative, surely
> it should have ssizetype?

I'll let Richi or Andrew Pinski comment on that design decision.  I fear
changing that in stage4 is not really possible.

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