https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=122879
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
if (TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (expr)) == COMPLEX_TYPE)
{
tree t = save_expr (expr);
expr = (build_binary_op
(EXPR_LOCATION (expr),
(TREE_SIDE_EFFECTS (expr)
? TRUTH_OR_EXPR : TRUTH_ORIF_EXPR),
c_common_truthvalue_conversion
(location,
build_unary_op (location, REALPART_EXPR, t, false)),
c_common_truthvalue_conversion
(location,
build_unary_op (location, IMAGPART_EXPR, t, false)),
false));
goto ret;
}
Looks like this has been this way since r0-3631-gf0b996c50ca3dc (1993)
basically complex type support was being added.