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“I don’t know” is not the right answer. I do know. I know the answer to be “Unspecified”.


But you _don't_ know what it returns, because the behavior is either undefined or implementation defined, and you don't know the implementation.


But you do know that it's undefined or implementation defined. It's a "known unknown".


Yes, so you knowingly click "I don't know". You don't know the value, and you know that you don't know the value.


Look, do you know what will it return or not?


Not without knowing the compiler, which I think was the point.




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