https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118720
--- Comment #9 from Daniel Green <ddgreen at gmail dot com> --- Sorry for bringing this up again, but here is a comment by the guy who originally created the code (full thread here https://github.com/jeaiii/itoa/issues/17#issuecomment-2652085888) and another example (https://godbolt.org/z/Wh4PrqY6T). "hmmm...it doesn't dereference work - 1 it only calculates it."