Jason Thorpe wrote:

>
> On Jun 17, 2005, at 4:29 PM, der Mouse wrote:
>
>> I call it a bug not in the sense of "it's forbidden to do that" but
>> rather in the sense of "the compiler should be *useful*, not do
>> everything it is possibly allowed to by the spec to surprise people".
>
>
> The only reason it is "surprising" you is because you are relying on  
> behavior that is specifically described as "undefined" by the  
> standard.  You do so at your peril.
>
> -- thorpej

Could you please enlighten me, at least, as to where the standard defines
that a library call can be overridden on a whim by the compiler, much less
without explicit request by the programmer?

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				--*greywolf;