Subject: Re: 1.3.12: gcc bug: variable named "end"
From: "Elfyn McBratney" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 06:37:14 +0100

I believe this is to do with the code and not a bug. The code you gave
segfault'ed and dumped the core, on a machine close to your arc (1.3.12-4).
Im not a c programmer, yet ;), but i think its to do with declaration...This
works:

int
main()
{

  /* declare the variable so main() can see it */
  int end;

  /* do what you please with end */
  int end = 0;

}

Elfyn

----- Original Message -----
From: Takashi Chikayama <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: 'ICPC02' <[email-masked]>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 6:16 AM
Subject: 1.3.12: gcc bug: variable named "end"

> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 X22CHIKAYAMA 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) 2002-07-06 02:16 i686
> unknown
> gcc 2.95.3-5
>
> The following program causes a segmentation fault.
> ---
> int end;
> main() { end = 0; }
> ---
> Seems that the problem is with the variable name "end".
> In the object code tries to store in some invalid address.
> Variables with other names, of course, does not cause this.
>
> - Takashi Chikayama@Dept. of Frontier Informatics, the Univ. of Tokyo
> - 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 Japan
> - Tel. +81-3-5841-6658; Fax. +81-3-5841-8572
>
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