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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Is C ready to become a safer language? |
| Date | 2024-02-08 08:32 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
> On 08/02/2024 16:04, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
>> In a freestanding implementation, main() *might* be just another
>> function. In that case a compiler can't prove that the code will be
>> invoked.
>>
> Well sometimes it can. The boot routine or program entry point is by
> defintion always invoked, and you can generally prove that at least
> some code is always reached from that.
That's not the case in the example being discussed, which was an
unconditional division by zero in main().
> However it is the halting
> problem, and you can never prove for all cases, even if the code must
> be reached or not reached regardless of runtime inputs.
The halting problem is hardly relevant. A compiler *may* reject a
program if it can prove that undefined behavior will always occur.
It's under no obligation to do so, or even to diagnose it.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Medtronic
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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