From: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams) Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99 Date: 30 Dec 1992 01:17:10 GMT
Stephen Williams (sdw@meaddata.com) wrote:
: Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
..
:
: Statics are either explicitly initialized or they are not.
: If they are not, their contents are UNDEFINED until set.
: This is per ANSI C.
:
: There is NO requirement of the compiler or system to zero
: un-initialized statics (or auto's).
:
: The fact that some systems waste time doing so is no reason rely on it
: as a feature. This was already debated and tossed out as something to
: rely on.
NOT!!!
Gosh... I HATE it when I'm wrong....
Really, it was true somewhere... back in the K&R dark ages... honestly...
Obviously, I should have CHECKED.
Actually, I'm glad it's this way....
Well... Ces L'Vie... (sp?).
I've always said (after a juicy screwup), you need a humbling
experience every once in a while to put things in perspective....
sdw