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From: johnl@ima.ima.isc.com (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: 80386 code generation problem
Message-ID: <3994@ima.ima.isc.com>
Date: 30 May 89 03:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: johnl@ima.isc.com (John R. Levine)
Organization: Segue Software, Inc.
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I have the following problem in GCC 1.34 for the 80386:  If you multiply
two char values producing a short, the compiler aborts.  I see that there is
a table entry particularly for this case, and that on most other machines
the table entry is missing, so the compiler widens the arguments before
multiplying.  I commented out the table entry on the 386, and it works, and
the code is nearly as good as what should have been generated.  Has anyone
made this case work?
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John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869
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