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