Re: c/2454

[Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>]

The following reply was made to PR c/2454; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>
To: jsm28@gcc.gnu.org
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c/2454
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:16:44 +0100

 jsm28@gcc.gnu.org wrote:-
 
 >      Confirmed as a bug, and a regression from 2.95.  A small
 >      testcase is
 >      
 >      static int i;
 >      
 >      int
 >      main (void)
 >      {
 >        i = -1;
 >        switch((signed char) i) {
 >        case 255:
 >          abort ();
 >        default:
 >          exit (0);
 >        }
 >      }
 
 Ugh.  These signedness-of-less-than-int issues seem to be endless.
 
 Neil.