Mini-patch for cccp.c

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Tue Oct 7 11:41:00 GMT 1997


  In message < 199710070006.UAA23461@caip.rutgers.edu >you write:
  >  > Tue Sep 30 16:50:55 CEST 1997  Thomas Koenig  (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
  >  > 
  >  > 	* cccp.c: 
  >  >           (expand_to_temp_buffer) initialize all members of obuf
  > 
  > 	Having to remember to init structure members when new ones are
  > added is prone to error.  Isn't it better to do bzero(&foo, sizeof(foo))
  > and then set any non zero members?
This has been a hotly debated topic elsewhere (gdb developers).

There's pros and cons for each.  I personally don't prefer one method
over the other.

jeff



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