> I don't think we should move this kind of undefinedness from C to
> the GIMPLE semantics.  What do other languages allow that
> we have to support (what did K&R C specify?).

I don't think there is a formal specification of K&R C, just the (somewhat
informal) book.  On topic of pointer arithmetics, the case of addition
is not completely clear.  It does say that you can only subtract pointers
to members of the same array, though.

On topic of addition of integer to a pointer, it says that "The construction
p + n means the address of the n-th object beyond the one p currently points 
to. This is true
regardless of the kind of object p points to; n is scaled according to the size 
of the objects p
points to, which is determined by the declaration of p."

Zdenek

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