Since I have it at hand, here is a list of examples of how compilers are broken if an array is larger than SIZE_MAX / 2 (which is called PTRDIFF_MAX in the post

Since I have it at hand, here is a list of examples of how compilers are broken if an array is larger than SIZE_MAX / 2 (which is called PTRDIFF_MAX in the post): http://trust-in-soft.com/objects-larger-than-ptrdiff_max-bytes/ http://trust-in-soft.com/objects-larger-than-ptrdiff_max-byt...