Gcc 3.2.1-prerelease from the FSF anoncvs repo gcc-3_2-branch on 1-Sep-2002 00:00:01 EDT.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/gcc/alias.c b/contrib/gcc/alias.c
index c5a6265..6d4104e 100644
--- a/contrib/gcc/alias.c
+++ b/contrib/gcc/alias.c
@@ -564,6 +564,14 @@ get_alias_set (t)
      and references to functions, but that's different.)  */
   else if (TREE_CODE (t) == FUNCTION_TYPE)
     set = 0;
+
+  /* Unless the language specifies otherwise, let vector types alias
+     their components.  This avoids some nasty type punning issues in
+     normal usage.  And indeed lets vectors be treated more like an
+     array slice.  */
+  else if (TREE_CODE (t) == VECTOR_TYPE)
+    set = get_alias_set (TREE_TYPE (t));
+
   else
     /* Otherwise make a new alias set for this type.  */
     set = new_alias_set ();