.bss section and uninitialised variables

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Puetz <puetzk@puetzk.org> writes:

 Kevin> In C/C++/most languages, you should not make any assumption
 Kevin> about the initial value of variables - it is undefined by the
 Kevin> language, and usually undefined on the platform as well. 

Huh?  Last I heard, file or global scope variables are defined to be
initially zero unless otherwise initialized, that's why they are
supposed to go to .bss.

What you said is correct for automatic variables, though.

     paul