On 02/18/2013 03:07 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely....@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 18 February 2013 13:28, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>> What if the ".BSS" section was >>> initialized to 0xFF rather than a page full of NULLs? >> >> That could break millions of perfectly valid programs, for no obvious >> benefit. > Its hypothetical, and could be a bit humorous. Why are developers > writing programs that rely upon undocumented features? BSS being zero is certainly not an undocumented feature. Andrew.
