https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84595
--- Comment #5 from Daniel Gutson <danielgutson at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #4) > (In reply to Daniel Gutson from comment #3) > > OK. That was my second suggested alternative. > > BTW I didn't see __builtin_trap documented as noreturn in the documentation. > > Depends on the reading of __builtin_trap documentation. > My reading says it does not return. > > "This function causes the program to exit abnormally. GCC implements this > function by using a target-dependent mechanism (such as intentionally > executing an illegal instruction) or by calling abort." > > Since the documentation talks about calling abort, I would assume > __built_trap should be treated almost the same as calling abort. OK. I'll leave this issue as a feature request for __builtin_break(). Maybe the component should be changed to something more appropriate?
