[LLVMdev] Is this a bug in clang?

[Csaba Raduly]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Joe Armstrong  wrote:
>
> It seems very strange to me that the ansi standard says "XXX is
> undefined" and that both clang and gcc
> can detect that something is undefined and that by default they
> compile the offending code without
> any feelings of guilt.

"The good thing — the only good thing! — about undefined behavior in
C/C++ is that it simplifies the compiler’s job..."

http://blog.regehr.org/archives/213

I don't think "clang and gcc can detect that something is undefined".
It's more likely that undefined behavior is lumped together with valid
C code. The machine code generated for valid C code is required to
behave correctly. Code generated for undefined behavior "works" on a
best-effort basis.

Csaba
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