Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:12:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Chris Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Excessive exe sizes
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Chris Croughton wrote:

> However, if it is not actually initialised, for instance:
> 
>   int array[10000];
> 
> then there should be no need to put it in the executable.

That's exactly what happens--in C programs.  In C++, there's a potential
problem with such declarations (see section 8.14 of the FAQ) which GCC
resolves by including the array in the executable (there's a switch to
disable this behavior). 

> Can this be done now?  Certainly as far as the DOS executable
> format is concerned.

DJGPP's COFF format has a .bss section.  The array in your example would 
be stored there.