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 -O0 small.c; ./a.out
1
$
$ icc -O1 small.c; ./a.out
0
$
$ cat small.c
int printf (const char *, ...);
static long a;
int foo (int b)
{
if (0)
if (1)
return a;
return b;
}
int main ()
{
printf ("%d\n", foo (1));
return 0;
}
$