Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:53:49 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin Message-ID: <20021231175349.GC6542@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3E05BD05 DOT 5090408 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <3E0DDE19 DOT 1060903 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <3E10A7AE DOT 20405 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <3E10C29B DOT 2010709 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <3E111AAF DOT 3090008 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <20021231043913 DOT GA26944 AT redhat DOT com> <3E11AD26 DOT 8050506 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E11AD26.8050506@ece.gatech.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/