Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> To me, dubious optimizations like this at the very least should >> be optional and able to be turned off. > > Why is this optimization dubious? We would need to look at real-world > code to tell, and so far, we haven't heard anything about the context in > which the issue was originally encountered.
The basis of the optimization in question is http://gcc.gnu.org/PR27039 . A theoretical argument for why somebody might write problematic code is http://www.fefe.de/openldap-mail.txt . I don't know where, or even if, such code is actually found in the wild. Ian
