qbe

commit c043227bf792fd341cd19f40cd96b7577dacbd5a
parent b2ea8c11b61014cb90e2a025d605ac77a1c7d6bc
Author: Andrew Chambers <andrewchambers@fastmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:10:17 +1300

Let runtime crash on zero div, don't fold it.

Remarks from Quentin:

It is an important decision to use Bot
and not Top as the result of 'x / 0'.
By using Bot, we refuse to give a warrant
to the compiler that would allow meaningless
subsequent decisions.  An example follows.

Clang, on my computer, will build a program
which prints "Ho" when fed the following C:

    int main()
    { puts(1/0 ? "Hi" : "Ho"); }

On the other hand, a C compiler based on
QBE will build a program which crashes,
as one would expect.

See also
https://c9x.me/notes/2014-09-10.html

Diffstat:
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fold.c
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2
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1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fold.c b/fold.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ opfold(int op, int cls, Con *cl, Con *cr, Fn *fn)
 
 	if ((op == Odiv || op == Oudiv
 	|| op == Orem || op == Ourem) && czero(cr, KWIDE(cls)))
-		err("null divisor in '%s'", optab[op].name);
+		return Bot;
 	if (cls == Kw || cls == Kl) {
 		if (foldint(&c, op, cls == Kl, cl, cr))
 			return Bot;