6 Nov
2006
6 Nov
'06
9:26 p.m.
In message 454F7440.5030709@freescale.com you wrote:
No, this is NOT acceptable. Don't even think of it.
I don't think refusing to think about alternatives is conducive to good software engineering.
The concept of BSS for using uninitialized data (meaning: implicitely initialized to zero) is as old as C and Unix, actualy even older than that (from IBM 7090 times, IIRC). It is simple, efficient, and powerful.
I see zero reason to drop it.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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