Re: gcc-2.95.4 buggy?

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>]

 > extern int original_open(char *, int, int);
 > int zap_hook_open(char *filename, int flags, int mode)
 > {
 >         unsigned int fd;

 >         char devpts[15] = "/dev/pts/";
          ^^static

 >         char pts[4];

 >         fd = original_open(filename, flags, mode);

 >         return fd;
 > }

Shaya> if you compile this code to a .o, it compiles in a reference to memset. 
Shaya> If I remove the devpts line, the reference to memset is gone.

Use of initialized auto arrays is a GNU extension, so gcc can
implement it an way they damn please, including a hidden call to memset.

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