https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85430
--- Comment #4 from Zdenek Sojka <zsojka at seznam dot cz> --- Observation about generated code: $ x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -fno-tree-ccp -fno-tree-fre testcase.c -S -o- ... foo: movl %edi, %eax addb %al, %al ret ... which looks superior to code generated by -O1/-O2/-O3/-Os/-Og : ... foo: movsbl %dil, %edx addl %edx, %edx movl %edi, %eax movb %dl, %al ret ...