https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121680
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Keywords| |missed-optimization Last reconfirmed| |2025-08-26 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So I think the problem is GCC can't figure out that send is only `sbeg+[1,3]`. If I change the code to be: ``` size_t t = 0; do { *send++ = '0'; t++; --width; } while ((val /= 10) && width > 0); send = sbeg + t; ret += send - sbeg; ``` The warning goes away.