Landing: 9bb79eb94ede
Project / Subsystem
gcc / tree-optimization
Date
2026-09-22
Author
Richard Biener
Commit
9bb79eb94eded396a50af9460ea66c2faffe1fad
Source
github
Perf win
No
Breaking
No
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- headline
- Discourage use of -fwrapv-pointer in documentation
- tldr
- Documentation for -fwrapv-pointer now advises against its use due to potential issues.
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- Richard Biener
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- committed
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- • documentation
- • optimization
- • pointer arithmetic
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- date
- 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Documentation for the -fwrapv-pointer compiler option now includes a disclaimer discouraging its use. The documentation for -fno-strict-overflow has also been updated to suggest -fwrapv as a preferred alternative. This change aims to guide users away from potentially problematic or less-understood options.