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Re: A question about the global variables initialization.

From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
To: Eric Fisher <joefoxreal at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:05:14 -0500
Subject: Re: A question about the global variables initialization.
References: <d6afecde0512192302q7755a96r@mail.gmail.com>

On Dec 20, 2005, at 2:02 AM, Eric Fisher wrote:

Hello,
For such a program,
int a=0;
int main(void)
{
  ...
}
We will see the compiler put the variable 'a' into the bss section.
That means that 'a' is a non-initialized variable. I don't know if this
 is the gcc's strategy.


Yes for zero'd initialized variables, GCC puts them into BSS to say
space in the executable.

-- Pinski

References:
- A question about the global variables initialization.
  - From: Eric Fisher

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