From: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com>
To: pkoning@xedia.com (Paul Koning)
Cc: robertl@dgii.com, egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Bug on PPC (no patch yet)
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:32:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199710212022.NAA23019@atrus.synopsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9710212002.AA14764@kona.>
> Robert> + /* If type is negative, produce an internal compiler error.
> Robert> + This may be caused by an array that is too large.
As I said, I'm not sure that patch is correct, since a larger overflow
can produce an invalid positive result.
> I assume this wouldn't happen for 64-bit targets unless the array size
> exceeds 64 (not 32) bits, right?
Yes.
> The error generated should NOT be "internal compiler error". That
> error message should always mean "there's a bug in the compiler" and
> never "there's something wrong with your source code".
There's nothing wrong with the source code. Furthermore, the compiler is
not detecting an error in itself, so it's not an internal compiler error
either. That's why I suggested a "sorry, not implemented" type of
message.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-21 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-20 13:24 Elliot Lee
1997-10-21 8:35 ` Jeffrey A Law
1997-10-21 9:08 ` Joe Buck
1997-10-21 9:39 ` Ian Lance Taylor
1997-10-21 9:39 ` Joe Buck
1997-10-21 9:43 ` Robert Lipe
1997-10-21 13:08 ` Paul Koning
1997-10-21 13:32 ` Joe Buck [this message]
1997-10-21 13:48 ` mongo array/bitfield errors Was: " Robert Lipe
1997-10-21 15:50 ` Richard Henderson
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