https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103950
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INVALID Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED --- Comment #8 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So I looked up the standard and it has the following to say about putchar/putc. TC3 draft: 7.19.7.3/2: The fputc function writes the character specified by c (converted to an unsigned char) 7.19.7.9/2: The putchar function is equivalent to putc with the second argument stdout. C90 has the same wording. 4.9.7.3/2: The fputc function writes the character specified by c (converted to an unsigned char ) to the output stream pointed to by stream ... So actually GCC is doing is correct. If there is a bug it is in the libc you are using.