Andrew Shadura wrote: > By the way, it might be a good idea to fill .bss section with random > values intentionally for debug builds to detect non-properly-initialised > things more effectively :)
Variables in the .bss section will by definition get initialized to 0. For example, a C variable defined as "static typename varname;" must get initialized to 0, and the compiler and linker will stick it in the .bss section expecting that it will end up with a value of 0 at runtime. That represents a defined property of the standard, not an implementation quirk. So, the .bss section must get initialized to 0, not to random values, whether in a debug build or not. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120619221131.GA27346@leaf
