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* [Bug c++/48119] New: -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot possibly be true due to type size
@ 2011-03-14 19:23 eteran at alum dot rit.edu
2011-10-21 12:28 ` [Bug c++/48119] " paolo.carlini at oracle dot com
2011-10-24 8:08 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: eteran at alum dot rit.edu @ 2011-03-14 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48119
Summary: -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot
possibly be true due to type size
Product: gcc
Version: 4.5.2
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P3
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: eteran@alum.rit.edu
I recently encountered a bug in some old code which boiled down to this
situation:
----snip----
#include <stdint.h>
#include <iostream>
int main() {
uint16_t x = 0xffff;
++x;
// did the value get to big?
if(x & 0x10000) {
x = 0xc000;
}
// I wanted it to say c000...
std::cout << std::hex << x << std::endl;
}
----snip----
Obviously, this was an issue where I needed to use a uint32_t, but mistakenly
used a smaller type, clearly my fault. However, I was surprised that there was
no warning, since the condition is clearly impossible given the uint16_t
datatype.
As far as I know, a conformant compiler is not required to emit a warning for
such code, but it would be a nice improvement to help catch this type of error
in the future.
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* [Bug c++/48119] -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot possibly be true due to type size
2011-03-14 19:23 [Bug c++/48119] New: -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot possibly be true due to type size eteran at alum dot rit.edu
@ 2011-10-21 12:28 ` paolo.carlini at oracle dot com
2011-10-24 8:08 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: paolo.carlini at oracle dot com @ 2011-10-21 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48119
Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CC| |rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org
--- Comment #1 from Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> 2011-10-21 12:28:01 UTC ---
Richard, is this a C++ issue? The C compiler doesn't warn either..
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* [Bug c++/48119] -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot possibly be true due to type size
2011-03-14 19:23 [Bug c++/48119] New: -Wtype-limits should warn when bit masking cannot possibly be true due to type size eteran at alum dot rit.edu
2011-10-21 12:28 ` [Bug c++/48119] " paolo.carlini at oracle dot com
@ 2011-10-24 8:08 ` rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org @ 2011-10-24 8:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48119
Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
Last reconfirmed| |2011-10-24
Ever Confirmed|0 |1
--- Comment #2 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-24 08:07:35 UTC ---
Sure it is.
// did the value get to big?
if(x & 0x10000) {
should be warned about in the frontend before fold get's a chance to
fold it to false (and yes, we do _not_ want to issue warnings from folders...).
Note that from the description of -Wtype-limits it is not clear if we
want to warn here. Consider templates where usually a load of this
issues can pop up during instantiation.
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