Compiler version and platform:
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 17.0.1.132 Build 20161005
$ icc -O2 small.c; ./a.out; echo $?
1
$
$ icc -O3 small.c; ./a.out; echo $?
0
$
$ cat small.c
short a = 1, b, c;
void fn1 ()
{
for (b = 5; b != -1; b -= 7)
{
while (c)
c++;
if (!b)
return;
}
a = 0;
}
int main ()
{
fn1 ();
return a;
}
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