Yo Hal! > On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:06:25 -0700 > Hal Murray via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote: > > > >> By "floating", you mean uninnitialized? In C that's going to > > >> mean it's > > false > > > > > Yes. My understanding of C is that anything not explicitly set has > > > whatever random value happens to be in that memory location. > > > Possibly changed if certain unknown compiler options are chosen. > > > > > > > I thought global variables were initialized to zero. > > > C11 states, page 12, section 5.1.2.2: > > "All objects of static storage duration shell be initialized (set to > their initial values) before program startup. The manner and timing > of such initializations are otherwise unspecified." > > In this case, as defined in 6.2.4, "static" just means always > allocated (not on the stack, etc.). > > So, IMHO, you can't expect zeros.
Correction. My mistake.
Hal you are corect. Page 140, section 6.7.9 Initialization.
"If an object that has static or thread storage duration is not initialized
explicitly, then:
[...]
-- if it has arithmetic tye, it is initialized to (positive or unsigned)
zero;"
So static storage items are initialized for at least C11.
RGDS
GARY
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