Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code
by begriffs on Sunday August 25, 2019 @05:04PM
(#20795580)
> the same expression broke on a lot of compilers as soon as optimization was turned on
C is not a "try it and see" language. If you stray from the spec then things will act differently and break between compilers. Section 7.13.2 specifies that only local variables declared as volatile will have a determinate value after a longjmp.
C is not a "try it and see" language. If you stray from the spec then things will act differently and break between compilers. Section 7.13.2 specifies that only local variables declared as volatile will have a determinate value after a longjmp.