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author | Andrew Chambers <andrewchambers@fastmail.com> | 2019-02-27 22:10:17 +1300 |
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committer | Quentin Carbonneaux <quentin@c9x.me> | 2019-02-27 16:26:53 +0100 |
commit | c043227bf792fd341cd19f40cd96b7577dacbd5a (patch) | |
tree | 140b02435306f45d188a151f647df74a29596acc /LICENSE | |
parent | b2ea8c11b61014cb90e2a025d605ac77a1c7d6bc (diff) | |
download | roux-c043227bf792fd341cd19f40cd96b7577dacbd5a.tar.gz |
Let runtime crash on zero div, don't fold it.
Remarks from Quentin: It is an important decision to use Bot and not Top as the result of 'x / 0'. By using Bot, we refuse to give a warrant to the compiler that would allow meaningless subsequent decisions. An example follows. Clang, on my computer, will build a program which prints "Ho" when fed the following C: int main() { puts(1/0 ? "Hi" : "Ho"); } On the other hand, a C compiler based on QBE will build a program which crashes, as one would expect. See also https://c9x.me/notes/2014-09-10.html
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