https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87505
Alexander Monakov <amonakov at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |amonakov at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from Alexander Monakov <amonakov at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This is because 'i' is int while 'base' is size_t. Loop init expression 'int i = base' truncates base to 32 bits, and loop condition first converts i to size_t and then compares in that unsigned type. It's not exactly obvious how many iterations this loop has :) Using the proper type for 'i' results in reasonable code. Perhaps in principle niter analysis could handle this anyway?