toplev.c and HZ (was: gcc-2.8.0 released)

[John Carr]

> Hmmm...C compilers should initialize statics to a 'zero' value
> by default, no?  That was my understanding of the specs the
> last time I read 'em, anyways...
> 
> Perhaps there are compilers that don't implement things that
> way?

I've never seen one.  Metaware High C version 1 used to warn about
uninitialized static variables, but still set them to zero.  ANSI C
standardized this common practice.

However, a zero initializer may be useful documentation even though it
is redundant.