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 *, ...);
static char a = 1;
int b;
void fn1 () {}
int fn2 ()
{
int d = 0;
while (0)
{
fn1 ();
return a;
}
return d;
}
int main ()
{
printf ("%d\n", fn2 ());
return 0;
}
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