Optimization (was Re: volatile)

[Dave Sill]

Terry Lambert writes:
>Basically, if it works without -O, it should work with -O, regardless of what
>the compiler writer's optimization does to achieve its goal.  If this makes
>writing compilers harder, so what?

This bears repeating.  There should be no circumstances under which
the semantics of the language are changed by a flag to the compiler.

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The opinions expressed above are mine.

"com pile ... vt ... com piled; com piling [ME compilen, fr. MF
compiler, fr. L compilare to plunder] ..."
					-- Webster's Ninth New
					   Collegiate Dictionary

So *that's* where these gung-ho optimizer-writers get their
justification...