Re: [PATCH] C undefined behavior fix

Alexandre Oliva
2002-01-08T12:37:43Z

On Jan 8, 2002, jtv <jtv@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:27:34AM +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>> >
>> > int a = 3;
>> > {
>> > volatile int b = 10;
>>
>> >>>>>>>>> here b changes

> Yes, thank you, that part was obvious already. The question pertained
> to the fact that nobody outside compiler-visible code was being handed
> an address for b, and so the compiler could (if it wanted to) prove
> under pretty broad assumptions that nobody could *find* b to make the
> change in the first place.

How about a debugger?

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