Q115537 - FIX: Nested Loops Cause Internal Compiler Error in msc1.cpp

FIX: Nested Loops Cause Internal Compiler Error in msc1.cpp

Q115537

1.00 WINDOWS kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE), included with: Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, version 1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Compiling code that contains deeply nested loops, as demonstrated in the sample source code in the "MORE INFORMATION" section below (which contains 16 nested loops), produces the following internal compiler error, regardless of the command-line optimizations used: fatal error C1001: internal compiler error (compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 581) RESOLUTION ========== If possible, change the source code to reduce the number of nested loops. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed above. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 1.5. MORE INFORMATION ================ With the Microsoft C compiler, version 6.0, the sample code below causes a C1026 "parser stack overflow, program too complex" error to be generated. No errors or warnings are generated with the C/C++ compiler, version 7.0. The C1001 error is generated with C/C++, version 8.0. Sample Code ----------- /* Compile options needed: none */ void main(void) { int i = 0; for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) for(;i<2;) i = 2; /* error occurs on this line */ } Additional reference words: 8.00 1.00 KBCategory: kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: CLIss

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