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Compiler bugs

Compilers are software, and they have bugs. This can be extra challenging as a developer because you expect your tools to work correctly, especially with something like a compiler that you know is constantly used and relied upon by many people.

For example, Microsoft published a guide for how to report a bug in their C++ compiler. It contains a lot of great advice for bug reporting in general, including:

Have you ever reported a compiler bug?

- Karl

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