About the "compiler bomb"

[Xi Ruoyao via Gcc-help <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Today we had a discussion about a "compiler bomb":

    int a[-1u] = {1};

One of my collegues suggests that the compiler should "optimize" it into
something like

    int a[-1u] = {};
    static void __init_a __attribute__((constructor)) {a[0] = 1;}

Is there some reason preventing this kind of translation?
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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University