30 Oct
2010
30 Oct
'10
4:36 p.m.
Dear Albert ARIBAUD,
In message 4CCC1F6C.7040603@free.fr you wrote:
Wait a minute. No parts of the code assume BSS is *cleared*, or at least no pat of the should *should ever* assume that. BSS is not "zeroed data", it is "uninitialized data".
BSS _is_ zeroed data. This is a very basic assumption of the C runtime.
BSS is not *required* to be zero. It is zeroed out as a courtesy, but >
No, you are wrong here.
Zeroing of the BSS is a mandatory requirement.
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Wolfgang Denk
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