https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77292
--- Comment #3 from M Welinder <terra at gnome dot org> --- The actual code I got this warning from was... if (!lower_tail == (p > phalf)) { where lower_tail is an int and p and phalf are doubles. That's simply a comparison of two booleans. Note, that the hinted-at code !(lower_tail == (p > phalf)) is dubious: comparing an int to a booleans. > this isn't visible to the compiler when it analyzes > return !a == b; I am not aware of a rule that requires the compiler to ignore context when considering warnings. It certainly does consider context when it issues "might be used uninitialized" warnings, so why not here?