Re: gcc-2.95.4 buggy?

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>]

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

Ben> Initialized auto arrays are not a GNU extension.  Support is
Ben> required by both ISO C90 and C99.  You are perhaps thinking of
Ben> auto arrays initialized to values that are not constant
Ben> expressions?

Yes, you're right.

But if the expression _is_ constant, a static variable is semantically
equivalent, and it should work around the problem.

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