Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> It's not sufficient to say "there's an int2ptr cast, so stop optimization."

Complicated or not, it's necessary that optimizations do not break correct code.

There doesn't seem to be a problem (UB or otherwise) in the first function at the top of the article, but the second one has a clear aliasing problem that violates the promise the `strict` makes. That translation was invalid.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: