http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49644
Summary: [ 4.5/4.6 Regression ] post-increment of promoted operand is incorrect. Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: or...@cora.nwra.com #include <stdio.h> #include <complex.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { double data[6] = {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0},*d; double complex *c, s = 3.0 + 0.0I; int i; d=data; for (i = 0; i<6; i++) { printf("c(%p), d(%p)=%lf\n",c,d,*d); *c++ = *d++ * s; } return 0; } With gcc 4.4.5 (compiles without warnings with -Wall): c(0x7fff16e86a00), d(0x7fff16e868d0)=1.000000 c(0x7fff16e86a10), d(0x7fff16e868d8)=2.000000 c(0x7fff16e86a20), d(0x7fff16e868e0)=3.000000 c(0x7fff16e86a30), d(0x7fff16e868e8)=4.000000 c(0x7fff16e86a40), d(0x7fff16e868f0)=5.000000 c(0x7fff16e86a50), d(0x7fff16e868f8)=6.000000 With gcc 4.5.1 and 4.6.0: c(0x7fff5411f2f0), d(0x7fff5411f1c0)=1.000000 c(0x7fff5411f300), d(0x7fff5411f1d0)=3.000000 c(0x7fff5411f310), d(0x7fff5411f1e0)=5.000000 c(0x7fff5411f320), d(0x7fff5411f1f0)=0.000000 c(0x7fff5411f330), d(0x7fff5411f200)=0.000000 c(0x7fff5411f340), d(0x7fff5411f210)=0.000000 It appears that the right hand side pointer is being incremented at the rate of its promoted size. If you remove the " * s" from the increment line, the code works as expected. Same problem with 32-bit and 64-bit machines.