Bernd Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
| >> You say you doubt it affects performance. Based on what? Facts | >> please, not guesses and hand-waiving... | > The burden of proof ought to be on the guys proposing -O2 | > optimizations that break longstanding code, not on the skeptics. | | IMHO the burden of proof should be on the people who are surprised | that interesting things happen when they write in a language that | isn't C and then try to pass it through a C compiler. I don't believe that statement is accurate. You will be hard pressed to state precisely what "a language that isn't C" means. The ISO C standard defines an unbounded family of languages. And certainly the wrapping semantics is part of that family. -- Gaby
