-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jérôme M. Berger wrote: > div0 wrote: >> Jérôme M. Berger wrote: >>> That depends. In C/C++, the default value for any global variable >>> is to have all bits set to 0 whatever that means for the actual data >>> type. >> No it's not, it's always uninitialized. >> > According to the C89 standard and onwards it *must* be initialized > to 0. If it isn't then your implementation isn't standard compliant > (needless to say, gcc, Visual, llvm, icc and dmc are all standard > compliant, so you won't have any difficulty checking).
Ah, I only do C++, where the standard is to not initialise. I didn't know the two specs had diverged like that. - -- My enormous talent is exceeded only by my outrageous laziness. http://www.ssTk.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFL7/wlT9LetA9XoXwRAtiuAKCsbvt0KXymdZV4SBNG2lMRB9MM6QCgo9pm qGbY++2jGP9W/lELsnq47Zs= =8KpC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
