On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:39:42 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >> No, I was thinking of an array. Arrays aren't automatically initialised >> in C. > > If they are static or global, then _yes_they_are_. They are zeroed.
Not that I don't believe you, but do you have a reference for this? Because I keep finding references to uninitialised C arrays filled with garbage if you don't initialise them. Wait... hang on a second... /fires up the ol' trusty gcc [steve@ando c]$ cat array_init.c #include<stdio.h> int main() { int i; int arr[10]; for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { printf("arr[%d] = %d\n", i, arr[i]); } printf("\n"); return 0; } [steve@ando c]$ gcc array_init.c [steve@ando c]$ ./a.out arr[0] = -1082002360 arr[1] = 134513317 arr[2] = 2527220 arr[3] = 2519564 arr[4] = -1082002312 arr[5] = 134513753 arr[6] = 1294213 arr[7] = -1082002164 arr[8] = -1082002312 arr[9] = 2527220 What am I missing here? -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list