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A gcc2.2.2 bug

#206
From: Paul Sanders
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 07:58
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The following seems to be a bug in gcc on sparcs - the problems reported
below do not occur in the sun3 version.

Compiler: gcc-2.2.2
Platform: sparc
Invocation: gcc -fpcc-struct-return -g -O2 -ansi -pedantic prefix_trees.c
(no optimisation also causes the bug to occur)

Symptom:

The program accepts characters from the input and finds (table_lookup ()) their 
location in an initial prefix tree. The function prints out the code value it 
finds and then returns this value to function call in main () where this value 
is printed. However, the value is not that printed by the function! Instead the 
value received by main seems to be the address of the prefix tree, the second
argument to table_lookup ().

Sample Run:

% ./a.out
h
Returning code 104
Character has code 25536

The program, prefix_trees.c:

/*
 * prefix_trees.c: Prefix tree manipulation routines
 */

#include <stdio.h>

struct ptree {
  unsigned char prefix;
  int code;
  struct ptree *left;
  struct ptree *right;
  struct ptree *extensions;
};

struct ptree *code_table;

struct ptree *add_code (struct ptree *root,
			struct ptree *r, int c);

void initialise_table ();

int next_code = 256;
int MAX_CODE = 1000;
unsigned char current_char;

int table_lookup (struct ptree *root, unsigned char c);

main ()
{
  int t;
  
  code_table = NULL;

  initialise_table ();
  current_char = (unsigned char) getchar ();

  do {

    t = table_lookup (code_table, current_char);
    printf ("Character %c has code %d\n", current_char, t);

  current_char = (unsigned char) getchar ();
  }
  while (current_char != EOF); /* This is no longer correct for termination */
}

void initialise_table ()
{
  int i;
  int initial_order [] = {
    128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1,0,3,6,5,7,12,10,9,11,14,13,15,24,20,18,17,19,22,
    21,23,28,26,25,27,30,29,31,48,40,36,34,33,35,38,37,39,44,42,41,43,46,
    45,47,56,52,50,49,51,54,53,55,60,58,57,59,62,61,63,96,80,72,68,66,65,
    67,70,69,71,76,74,73,75,78,77,79,88,84,82,81,83,86,85,87,92,90,89,91,
    94,93,95,112,104,100,98,97,99,102,101,103,108,106,105,107,110,109,111,
    120,116,114,113,115,118,117,119,124,122,121,123,126,125,127,192,160,
    144,136,132,130,129,131,134,133,135,140,138,137,139,142,141,143,152,
    148,146,145,147,150,149,151,156,154,153,155,158,157,159,176,168,164,
    162,161,163,166,165,167,172,170,169,171,174,173,175,184,180,178,177,
    179,182,181,183,188,186,185,187,190,189,191,224,208,200,196,194,193,
    195,198,197,199,204,202,201,203,206,205,207,216,212,210,209,211,214,
    213,215,220,218,217,219,222,221,223,240,232,228,226,225,227,230,229,
    231,236,234,233,235,238,237,239,248,244,242,241,243,246,245,247,252,
    250,249,251,254,253,255
    };

  for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
    if (!code_table)
      code_table = add_code (code_table, code_table, initial_order [i]);
  else add_code (code_table, code_table, initial_order [i]);
}

struct ptree *add_code (struct ptree *root,
			struct ptree *r,
			int n)
{
  if (!r) {
    r = (struct ptree *) malloc (sizeof (struct ptree));
    if (!r) {
      printf ("Out of memory\n");
      exit (0);
    }

    r->prefix = n;
    r->code = n;
    r->left = r->right = r->extensions = NULL;
    if (!root) return r;
    if (n < root->code) root->left = r;
    else root->right = r;
    return r;
  }

  if (n < r->code) add_code (r, r->left, n);
  else
    add_code (r, r->right, n);
}

int table_lookup (struct ptree *root, unsigned char c)
{
  if (!root) {
    printf ("Character %c not found!!\n", c);
    exit (0);
  }
  if (root->prefix == c) {
    printf ("Returning code %d\n", root->code);
    return (root->code);
  }
  else if (c < root->prefix) table_lookup (root->left, c);
  else table_lookup (root->right, c);
}
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From: psanders@srd.bt.co.UK (Paul Sanders)
Subject: A gcc2.2.2 bug
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 07:58:40 GMT
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