Re: [PHP4BETA] TSRM problems... UMBRs everywhere:-((

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Thies C. Arntzen wrote: > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 zeev@zend.com wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Thies C. Arntzen wrote: > > > > > remember - global variables are usually zeroed when the program loads: > > > > > > #include <stdio.h> > > > int not_reported; > > > main() > > > { > > > int reported; > > > printf("%d\n",not_reported); > > > printf("%d\n",reported); > > > } > > > > > > purify will not report not_reported 'cause the crt *will* initialize it to > > > zero! > > > > I think it's a purify bug then. > > sorry, you're wrong: > > bss section > ----------- > > This section contains zeroed bytes when your program begins running. It is > used to hold unitialized variables or common storage. The length of each > partial program's bss section is important, but because it starts out > containing zeroed bytes there is no need to store explicit zero bytes in > the object file. The bss section was invented to eliminate those explicit > zeros from object files. This is specific to Solaris, I think. AFAIK, the C standard doesn't say that globals are zerod if not explicitly initialized (the C++ standard says that about static member variables, but that's about it). > s/c/s/g ?? Huh? Zeev