Hi Arkady, I would vote for the "explicit zero" in this case. As far as I remember, zeroing out the BSS at start is a compiler option, so when somebody switches that off, we would have a problem. Blair has been able to reduce size a lot at other places already, for example by removing all conio dependencies :-).
Eric > ... (Blair Campbell) wrote to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > BC> +++ init.c 11 Jun 2006 02:47:05 -0000 1.28 > BC> +static int showhelp = 0, internalBufLen = 0, inputBufLen = 0, > BC> + spawnAndExit = E_None, newEnvSize = 0, skipAUTOEXEC = 0; > BC> +/* static int newEnvSize = 0; Min environment table size */ > BC> +static char *user_autoexec = 0; > > Explicit (zero) initialization is affects executable size (unless > compiler is smart enough to move explicit zero-initialization to BSS > segment). So, text about should look so (if you wish to reduce executable > size in any case): > > static int > showhelp /*= 0*/, > internalBufLen /*= 0*/, > inputBufLen /*= 0*/, > spawnAndExit = E_None, > newEnvSize /*= 0*/, /* Min environment table size */ > skipAUTOEXEC /*= 0*/; > static char > *user_autoexec /*= 0*/; _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
