My compilation resulted in an internal compiler error and a request to submit a bug report. Here's the command used and it's output: the input will be attached.
mamie:$gcc -v -DLNX -fPIC -w -m32 -fwrapv -O3 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -c utilcomp.i Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../configure --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.0 20070305 (experimental) /usr/local/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/cc1 -fpreprocessed utilcomp.i -quiet -dumpbase utilcomp.i -m32 -mtune=generic -auxbase utilcomp -O3 -w -version -fPIC -fwrapv -o /tmp/ccokSDVr.s GNU C version 4.3.0 20070305 (experimental) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.3.0 20070305 (experimental). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: af9ea66eb7bed348134eeea0b2925c17 utilcomp.c: In function 'filecheck': utilcomp.c:5124: internal compiler error: in create_mem_ref, at tree-ssa-address.c:606 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. -- Summary: internal compiler error: in create_mem_ref, at tree-ssa- address.c:606 Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: sdirkse at gams dot com GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31085