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Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger

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Subject Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger
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George Neuner  <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote:
>GCC's -O3 optimization level is widely known to cause strange problems
>... almost always because the program is violating assumptions made by
>the more advanced optimizations.
>
>The -O2 level typically is safe.  If you think you need the -O3
>optimizations, you should individually enable them to see if any
>breaks the program.  Specify -O3 only if you find they all work.

Sometimes using -O3 makes the program run slower than when using -O2.

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Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2011-03-29 12:18 -0400
  Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger ike@localhost.claranet.nl (Ike Naar) - 2011-03-29 21:42 +0000
    Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2011-03-31 01:34 -0400
    Re: GCC/G++ compiler: Error goes away when run through debugger Shankar <shankarke@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 15:31 -0700

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