Re: gcc -O2 bug

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From: John Hasler
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 00:00

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Thomas Wolf writes:
> How your compiler determined that 'time' does not return something
> that results in 'flag' == 0 is a mystery to me.

I don't think it did.  I think it converted the loop into a test of 'flag'
and an infinite loop, and jumped either over or into the loop depending
on the value of 'flag'.

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Subject: Re: gcc -O2 bug
Date: 1996/08/09
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