Re: UB or not UB? was: On Undefined Behavior

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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:03:36 -0800
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:03:31 -0800
>>> Andrey Tarasevich <noone@noone.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon 1/12/2026 6:28 AM, Michael S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> According to C Standard, access to p->table[4] in foo1() is UB.
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Now the question.
>>>>> What The Standard says about foo2() ? Is there UB in foo2() as
>>>>> well?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, in the same sense as in `foo1`.
>>>>
>>>>> gcc code generator does not think so.
>>>>
>>>> It definitely does.
>>
>> Right.
>
> May be.  But it's not expressed by gcc code generator or by any
> wranings.  So, how can we know?

I know the behavior is undefined by what is said in the C standard.

For what gcc developers think of the question, for me the totality
of circumstantial evidence suffices.  I have nothing to offer if the
goal is to convince skeptics.

>>> Do you have citation from the Standard?
>>
>> The short answer is section 6.5.6 paragraph 8.
>
> I am reading N3220 draft
> https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3220.pdf
> Here section 6.5.6 has no paragraph 8 :(

I hope it isn't too much to expect that if N3220 doesn't have
what you are looking for then you would try looking in earlier
versions of the C standard, either C99 (N1256) or C11 (N1570).

>> There is amplification in Annex J.2, roughly three pages
>> after the start of J.2.  You can search for "an array
>> subscript is out of range", where there is a clarifying
>> example.
>
> I see the following text:
> "An array subscript is out of range, even if an object is apparently
> accessible with the given subscript (as in the lvalue expression
> a[1][7] given the declaration int a[4][5]) (6.5.7)."
>
> That's what you had in mind?

Yes.

Note the section quoted section number, 6.5.7, gives the correct
section number in N3220 to locate the aforementioned reference.
I see that in N3220 the relevant paragraph is paragraph 9 rather
than paragraph 8.  I hope that would be evident by looking at the
contents of section 6.5.7.

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      Re: UB or not UB? was: On Undefined Behavior Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-01-12 12:03 -0800
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