Gabriel Paubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 04:15:08PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: | > Robert Dewar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > > Ian Lance Taylor wrote: | > > | > > > We do want to generate a trap for x / 0, of course. | > > | > > Really? Is this really defined to generate a trap in C? | > > I would be surprised if so ... | > | > As far as I know, but I think it would be a surprising change for x / | > 0 to silently continue executing. | > | | That's exactly what happens on PPC.
Indeed, and Andrew Pinski corrected numeric_limits<int> to reflect the reality on PPC for that specific case. C++ forces compilers to reveal their semantics for built-in types through numeric_limits<>. Every time you change the behaviour, you also implicilty break an ABI. -- Gaby
