Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:02:51 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0" |
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Andries Brouwer wrote: > In a program source there is information for the compiler > and information for the future me. Removing the " = 0" > is like removing comments. For the compiler the information > remains the same. For the programmer something is lost.
This is pretty much personal opinion :)
The C language is full of implicit as well as explicit features. You are arguing that using an implicit feature robs the programmer of information. For you maybe... For others, no information is lost AND the code is more clean AND the kernel is smaller. It's just a matter of knowing and internalizing "the rules" in your head.
Jeff
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