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Re: your change to tree-sra.c


On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:25:34PM -0400, Diego Novillo wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:20, Richard Henderson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:31:18AM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
> > > But I think it best not to rely on a zero DECL_INITIAL meaning anything.
> > 
> > DECL_INITIAL being NULL has *always* meant that the variable goes
> > in BSS, and thus is zero initialized.  We're talking about loading
> > from static, read-only memory.  There must be *SOME* value there,
> > and by definition it cannot change.
> > 
> > You've not yet explained to me what is wrong with assuming zero
> > from null DECL_INITIAL.  How about you start there?
> > 
> IIUC, Ada allows non-constant initializers for static read-only
> variables.  I don't know where/how the Ada gimplifier emits the
> initialization code.

So, why can't this be handled the same way C++ does?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz


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