Re: server/fd.c: Prevent using uninitialized pointers

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On 07/04/2009 11:22 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
> Vitaliy Margolen wrote:
> > James McKenzie wrote:
> > > [code]
> > >
> > > int a = 0;
> > > char b = NULL;
> > > bool c = TRUE;
> > >
> > > [/code]
> > >
> > > Without this, we cannot assume anything.
> >
> > Static variables are different. They are always initialized to 0. In your
> > example you show regular variables only. Their initial value is not defined.
>
> Correct.  I was making the assumption that the discussion was not about
> static variables.  Static variables are always initialized:
>
> static int a;
>
> will be zero
>
> static char b;
>
> will be NULL

or, more precisely (pedantically) NUL or '\0' (which just happens to be the same as NULL [all bits set to 0] on most (all?) architectures IIRC)

Frédéric