GCC 4.4: Avoid range check on switch/case statement in gcc?

Question

This is only an issue on GCC versions prior to 4.4, this was fixed in GCC 4.5.

Is it possible to tell the compiler the variable used in a switch fits within the provided

Answer 1

Perhaps you could use an array of function pointers instead of a switch ?

#include 

typedef void (*func)(void);

static void f0(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f1(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f2(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f3(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f4(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f5(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f6(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }
static void f7(void) { printf("%s\n", __FUNCTION__); }

int main(void)
{
    const func f[8] = { f0, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7 };
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
    {
        f[i]();
    }
    return 0;
}