Date: Sun, 6 Jun 93 10:18:30 +0300
From: Tapio DOT Lehtonen AT cs DOT Helsinki DOT FI (Tapio Lehtonen)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: static variable initialization

jih-shin ho: "static variable initialization" (Jun  5,  9:05):
> Hi:
>   I find that gcc won't initialize static variable if you don't initialize
> it by hand.
> 
>   For example:
> 
>       static int i;  <-- The value of i is undefined.
> 
>       static int i = 0; <-- You must use '= 0' to initialize i.
> 
> 
>   This behavior violates ANSI definition. 

Are You sure that ANSI C demands implicit initialisation to zero for any
variables? I don't remember it that way, and could not find any mention
about that in the book I had handy. Initialising to zero would
be a bad idea anyway, since half of the time zero would not be a good
initial value. 

>Is this a bug ?

I believe it is not a bug. Explicit initialisation is a must.  


>   -- Jih-Shin Ho
>

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