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| Re: Optimization techniques 847-115-0292@kylheku.com (Kaz Kylheku) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques 847-115-0292@kylheku.com (Kaz Kylheku) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques alexfrunews@gmail.com (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk (Derek M. Jones) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques martin@gkc.org.uk (Martin Ward) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques martin@gkc.org.uk (Martin Ward) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques 847-115-0292@kylheku.com (Kaz Kylheku) (2019-04-26) |
| Re: Optimization techniques 0xe2.0x9a.0x9b@gmail.com (2019-04-27) |
| Re: Optimization techniques haberg-news@telia.com (Hans Aberg) (2019-04-27) |
| Re: Optimization techniques david.brown@hesbynett.no (David Brown) (2019-04-28) |
| Re: Optimization techniques david.brown@hesbynett.no (David Brown) (2019-04-28) |
| Re: Optimization techniques genew@telus.net (Gene Wirchenko) (2019-04-30) |
| Re: Optimization techniques genew@telus.net (Gene Wirchenko) (2019-04-30) |
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| From: | Kaz Kylheku <847-115-0292@kylheku.com> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:11:09 +0000 (UTC) |
| Organization: | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| References: | 19-04-004 19-04-012 19-04-018 19-04-028 |
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| Keywords: | arithmetic |
| Posted-Date: | 27 Apr 2019 10:16:10 EDT |
On 2019-04-26, Martin Ward <martin@gkc.org.uk> wrote:
> On 23/04/19 08:43, David Brown wrote:
>> But mathematical identities such as associativity and commutativity are
>> valid because signed integer overflow does not happen - thus "a * (b +
>> c)" can be changed to "(a * b) + (a * c)".
>
> If b is large and c has a value close to -b then a * (b + c)
> might be OK while (a * b) will overflow and cause undefined
> behaviour.
I.e. careless application of arithmetic identities can introduce
overflows that don't exist in the original form.
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