Hello, On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:11:33 -0700 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > Variables in the .bss section will by definition get initialized to 0. > For example, a C variable defined as "static typename varname;" must > get initialized to 0, and the compiler and linker will stick it in > the .bss section expecting that it will end up with a value of 0 at > runtime. That represents a defined property of the standard, not an > implementation quirk. So, the .bss section must get initialized to 0, > not to random values, whether in a debug build or not. Oh, yes, indeed, though I see no such requirement to put initialise non-static variables in the standard, so static variables could just go to .data section, leaving .bss truly uninitialised. -- WBR, Andrew
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