Re: [Tinycc-devel] MAJOR bug: tcc doesn't detect duplicate cases in switch statements

[arnold]

Michael Matz <address@hidden> wrote:

> First, the bug can't be as MAJOR as 
> the subject wants to make us believe.  After all it wasn't noticed since 
> the last $MANY years.

The bug caused me to push bad code to gawk's repo. It's only luck that it
wasn't noticed, but a bug is a bug. Geting the right answer a little
more slowly is always better than getting the wrong answer super fast.

The issue isn't just the lack of diagnostic - what kind of erroneous
code is being generated in this case?

TCC is valuable for being both fast and correct.  Lose the correctness
and you lose ALL the value.

My two cents worth.

Arnold