Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:53:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:53:01 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:24580 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:52:51 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 10:22:57 +0100 From: Martin Mares To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Jeff Garzik , Herbert Xu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0" Message-ID: <20001126102256.A21819@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> In-Reply-To: <20001125211939.A6883@veritas.com> <200011252211.eAPMBIo21200@gondor.apana.org.au> <20001125234624.A7049@veritas.com> <3A20451B.2A69BB75@mandrakesoft.com> <20001126030802.C7049@veritas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20001126030802.C7049@veritas.com>; from aeb@veritas.com on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:08:02AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Andries! > All these really good people, unable to capture a simple idea. > Let me try one more time. > There is information. The information is: > "this variable needs initialization" > Now you tell me to know simple rules. OK, I know them. > But what do they tell me about my variables a and b, where > a requires initialization and b does not require it? Distinguishing between variables initialized to zero and those not requiring initialization is a good idea, but honestly, how common are static variables declared at the top level which don't require initialization? Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ "RAM = Rarely Adequate Memory" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/