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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: allocate memory
Date: 19 Dec 2003 01:50:35 GMT
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Richard Dawe <ng AT phekda DOT gotadsl DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>      memset(array, 0, sizeof(array));

A note of caution: while this works in this case, memset() is *not*
really guaranteed to work for other cases.  E.g. if the array contains
floats, or you're on some crazy platform that has trap representations
in signed integers, you might run into trouble.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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