For someone who's been writing "C for 20+ years" according to your other post, you come across as extremely ignorant of how modern optimizing C compilers work.

For someone who's been writing "C for 20+ years" according to your other post, you come across as extremely ignorant of how modern optimizing C compilers work. I suggest you thoroughly read and understand Russ Cox's simple expose [1] and the UB posts in John Regeh'r blog [2]. The C security issues that plague us today are partly fueled by the attitude of guesswork and ignorance demonstrated in your posts. [1] https://research.swtch.com/ub https://research.swtch.com/ub [2] https://blog.regehr.org/ https://blog.regehr.org/