Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 04:44:42PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> >> Would not "struct strbuf sb = { 0 };" have the same effect? (I am not so
>> >> standards-keen as other people, who I have no doubt will gladly answer
>> >> this one.)
>> >
>> > Yes, it would, according to the standard.
>>
>> Have a citation for that?
>
> Of course.
>
> See ISO 9899:1999, section 6.7.8.
>
> Paragraph 10:
>
> If an object that has automatic storage duration is not initialized
> explicitly, its value is indeterminate. If an object that has static
> storage duration is not initialized explicitly, then:
>
> -- if it has pointer type, it is initialized to a null pointer;
That's actually a new one to me. I don't think that it has been
always the case in ANSI C.
Thanks.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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