https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88775
--- Comment #9 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Created attachment 45404 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=45404&action=edit VRP patch This makes VRP register asserts for the pointer variants. This doesn't help until after ifcombine because we throw the asserts away if they are not EQ/NE_EXPR but after ifcombine DOM then manages to optimize the testcase nicely again. After the libstdc++ patch and dom2: __attribute__((abi_tag ("cxx11"), flatten)) f () { const size_type __nleft; char[16] * _3; long unsigned int __x.5_4; long unsigned int __y.6_5; char * _12; <bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]: _3 = &MEM[(struct basic_string *)s_2(D)].D.18989._M_local_buf; MEM[(struct _Alloc_hider *)s_2(D)]._M_p = _3; MEM[(size_type *)s_2(D) + 8B] = 0; MEM[(char_type &)s_2(D) + 16] = 0; __x.5_4 = (long unsigned int) "hello"; __y.6_5 = (long unsigned int) _3; if (__x.5_4 != __y.6_5) goto <bb 3>; [75.00%] else goto <bb 4>; [25.00%] <bb 3> [local count: 805306369]: __builtin_memcpy (_3, "hello", 5); goto <bb 5>; [100.00%] <bb 4> [local count: 67108864]: __builtin_memcpy ("hello", &MEM[(void *)"hello" + 5B], 5); <bb 5> [local count: 1073741824]: MEM[(size_type *)s_2(D) + 8B] = 5; _12 = MEM[(char * *)s_2(D)]; MEM[(char_type &)_12 + 5] = 0; return s_2(D); }