http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49820
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ebotcazou at gcc dot | |gnu.org --- Comment #5 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-07-23 20:58:52 UTC --- > CPUs which use 2s compliment representations are usually well equipped to deal > with overflow and carry. I would claim a result which overflows is actually > predictable and repeatable. Fortunately, CPU manufacturers have not taken the > 'ignore the problem' approach taken by ISO/IEC. See http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/120 for more elaborated views.