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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:53:49 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin
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On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:43:50AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>Did gcc (pre 3.2) automatically initialize data to 0, while gcc-3.2 does 
>not?  Hmmm...waitaminute, I do have gcc2 installed...

If gcc/ld is not initializing static data to zero then there are some
pretty serious problems.  Neither gcc, nor any other compiler that I
am aware of, is supposed to initialize automatic data to zero.

cgf

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