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gcc 2.1/2.2 bugs

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From: Bill Pearson
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 01:31
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	In my hands, the os/2 (emx) gcc2.1 and gcc2.2 seem to have some
serious problems.  I have a program that runs on virtually any machine
with a C-compiler, and compiles under os/2 gcc2.1 (and 2.2) with no
errors, but when I run it, an unintiallized global character array
is not all '\0', and if I try to initialize it, the program either
bombs with an illegal reference or wipes out another global array.

	Although I feel uncomfortable blaming a compiler, this same
code has compiled on so many machines (sun4 sun cc, gcc, mips m/120,
rs/6000, mac, dos/turbo c++ ) that I feel relatively confident that
the os2 gcc compiler has serious problems, at least with global variables.

	Is it possible that emx is the culprit?  I have been unable to
find a gdb to check to see what is going on.  I am using emx0.8d I believe,
and wonder if another version might help.

Bill Pearson
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Subject: gcc 2.1/2.2 bugs
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