I'm kind of surprised GCC doesn't have a __builtin_* extension for overflow detection. It seems like a pretty natural fit among a lot of the other ones. ...an

I'm kind of surprised GCC doesn't have a __builtin_* extension for overflow detection. It seems like a pretty natural fit among a lot of the other ones. ...and after a quick bit of googling, it appears this has been discussed by the GCC devs semi-recently: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48580 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48580