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Obscure feature + obscure feature + obscure feature = compiler bug

Michael Gibson Senior Engineer, Antithesis Obscure feature + obscure feature + obscure feature = bug Debugging In the quarter century I’ve been programming professionally, I’ve found three C++ compiler bugs; one each in g++1, clang++, and Microsoft’s MSVC. After finding roughly one problem every ten years, my takeaway is that you have to do something really, really obscure. Or actually, you have to use an obscure feature then pile on another obscure feature and pile on another obscure feature.

Obscure feature and obscure feature and obscure feature = compiler bug

Michael Gibson Senior Engineer, Antithesis Obscure feature + obscure feature + obscure feature = bug Debugging In the quarter century I’ve been programming professionally, I’ve found three C++ compiler bugs; one each in g++1, clang++, and Microsoft’s MSVC. After finding roughly one problem every ten years, my takeaway is that you have to do something really, really obscure. Or actually, you have to use an obscure feature then pile on another obscure feature and pile on another obscure feature.