Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0" | Date | Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:25:05 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> AB> of changes that yield a negligable advantage and reduce stability > AB> a tiny little bit. That is pushing Linux in the direction of this > AB> abyss. You notice that the view gets better, and I get nervous. > > Can somebody stop this train load of bunk? > > Uninitialized global variables always have a initial value of > zero. Static or otherwise. Period.
That isnt what Andries is arguing about. Read harder. Its semantic differences rather than code differences.
static int a=0;
says 'I thought about this. I want it to start at zero. I've written it this way to remind of the fact'
Sure it generates the same code
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