unoptimized dead store

[stuart@xxxxxxxxx]

Clueless newbie here.

Here's my test program:
----------------------
int a, b ;

main( int xx)
{
  a = 2 ;
  glarp( xx) ;
  a++ ;
  return a + b ;
}
glarp( int j)
{
  extern int a ;

  if (j < 10)
    bling( j-1) ;
}

bling( int k)
{
  extern int b ;

  b = k ;
}
----------------------

Here's my commandline:

  % sgicc -O3 -IPA:inline=no -v -o test test.c >& log ; objdump -S 
test > test.dump ; more test.dump
I'm running this on a RedHat x86 box with NUE 1.0. My SGICC describes 
itself thusly:
 % sgicc -v
 SGIcc Compilers: Version 0.01.0-13

Here's my question:

I believe the store "a = 2" is dead, and that the SGICC
Interprocedural Analyzer should be able to discern this. If I allow
SGICC to use inlining (replace "-IPA:inline=no" with "-IPA"), this
store disappears. But then the deletion of this store isn't an
"interprocedural" optimization anymore :-) .

What am I missing? Why doesn't SGICC delete this store?

Thanks in advance,

stuart hastings