Re: sysval and doc fixes

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hallo Ralf!

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan <gary <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> Eric Blake wrote:
>>>>> static int sysval = 0;
>>> That's redundant.  Uninitialized static variables live in .bss and are
>>> 0-initialized by the C runtime (it is only the heap and uninitialized
>>> local variables that have garbage values).
>> That is implementation defined IMHO.
> 
> No.  This has nothing to do with ELF section, but is required by C.
> C89, 3.1.2.4:
> |    An object declared with external or internal linkage, or with the
> | storage-class specifier static has static storage duration.  For such
> | an object, storage is reserved and its stored value is initialized
> | only once, prior to program startup.
> 
> and 3.5.7:
> |    If an object that has static storage duration is not initialized
> | explicitly, it is initialized implicitly as if every member that has
> | arithmetic type were assigned 0 and every member that has pointer type
> | were assigned a null pointer constant.  If an object that has
> | automatic storage duration is not initialized explicitly, its value is
> | indeterminate./65/

Okay, thanks.  I didn't know that.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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