Paul Schlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Thank you for the explanation. | | Given that it would appear that the only time the compiler may attempt | to optimize the allocation/use of an un-initialized variable, is when it | knows for certain it hasn't been initialized; might it be preferable to | then assign it a deterministic cheap value such as 0 which it may then | presume during optimization, given all remaining alternatives would seem | to have less desirable potential consequences?
Reasonable people have different reasonable ideas of "cheap value". I heard that some compilers in the past used the value 0xdeadbeef for uninitialized pointers. -- Gaby
