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Re: A question about the global variables initialization.
- From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb at suse dot de>
- To: Eric Fisher <joefoxreal at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:37:38 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: A question about the global variables initialization.
- References: <d6afecde0512192317v100c6d68q@mail.gmail.com>
On Dec 20, 2005 08:17 AM, Eric Fisher <joefoxreal@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Yes for zero'd initialized variables, GCC puts them into BSS to say
> >space in the executable.
>
> Thanks. But, you say 'to say space in the executable'. I'm not clear
> what does it mean.
"save space".
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Steven
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