Pavan Deolasee <pavan.deola...@gmail.com> writes: > Can some kind of compiler optimisation reorder things such that the "else > if" expression is evaluated using the old, uninitialised value of optval?
Any such behavior is patently illegal per the C standard. Not that that's always stopped compiler writers; but I think you might be looking at a compiler bug. We'd need more context about the exact platform, compiler, etc. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers