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gcc version 2.2.2 bug in variable-length arrays

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From: Andrew Gelsey
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 21:08
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wright% cat bug.c
void f(int n) {
 double a[n],b[n],c[n][n],d[n][n];

 b[0] = 2.2;
 }

void main() {
 f(2);
 }
wright% gcc bug.c
wright% a.out
Bus error
wright% gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sunos4/2.2.2/specs
gcc version 2.2.2
wright% 
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From: gelsey@cs.rutgers.edu (Andrew Gelsey)
Subject: gcc version 2.2.2 bug in variable-length arrays
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:08:21 GMT
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