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Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
- From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:06:11 -0500
- Subject: Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
- References: <001301c1c66f$57e1cd50$1501010a@alexs>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 05:03:26PM +1000, Alex Song wrote:
>hi,
>
>i think i have found a bug, either that or i am very stupid. the bug is a
>gcc bug and it is cygwin specific (cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5) and the
>following code causes a seg fault:
>-------------------------------------------
>int end;
>
>int main ()
>{
> end = 1;
>
> return 0;
>}
>--------------------------------------------
The global 'end' is a reserved word. It refers to the end of the data
area. That means you can't use it as a global variable in your program.
cgf
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