Re: [bug #23996] arithmetic overflow when using -used

2008-08-24 Thread Andreas Schwab
"James Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "James Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> See in particular the Texinfo documentation for Autoconf. >> >> Please expand. > > Well there's an entire section on it.

Re: [bug #23996] arithmetic overflow when using -used

2008-08-24 Thread James Youngman
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "James Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Yes, this is undefined behaviour in terms of the ISO C standard. But >> if your comment accurately implies that there are actual systems >> on which this technique fails t

Re: [bug #23996] arithmetic overflow when using -used

2008-08-24 Thread Andreas Schwab
"James Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, this is undefined behaviour in terms of the ISO C standard. But > if your comment accurately implies that there are actual systems > on which this technique fails to work then we have a widespread > problem; That is correct, many people get tha