From: Daniel Kahlin (tlr_at_stacken.kth.se)
Date: 2005-04-02 15:07:23
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:36:33PM +0200, Daniel Kahlin wrote:
>> I don't think the standard specifies that initialized variables should go
>> to the data segment instead of bss.
>
> No, it does not. This is why I wrote "usually" :-)
Ah, missed that. Still, I think this optimization shouldn't be too hard
to implement in a compiler.
Commenting on the original post:
I think it's nicer to specify initial values explicitly for clarity,
although you should be able to rely on the C-standard if you need to.
/Daniel
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