Initialise/initialize Variables At Start

[Alistair George 0]

Hi according to previous C I've used, char variables at declaration were default value 0.

It seems that this is not so with BoostC?

If not, whats the preferred method to initialise a bunch of variables at same time.

eg must one do v1=0;v2=0;v3=0;

not v1=v2=v3=0;

Cheers,

Al

PS understood that assigning variables at start can use memory, but only if some of the variables are not being used correct?

[Reynard 0]

If you declare a variable at 'static' it will be initialised to zero unless you tell the compiler otherwise (BoostC manual page 22).

 

If you wish to zero a bunch of variables to zero use the v1=0, v2=0 etc method. The other method does not zero all your variables, only the last one.

 

Cheers

 

Reynard

[Ian Harris 0]

No, it's the other way around. SourceBoost will initialise your variables to 0 unless you have

 

-Su

( disable initialization of uninitialized static variables)

 

on the BoostC command line.

[Reynard 0]

Isn't that what I said Ian ?

[Ian Harris 0]

Isn't that what I said Ian ?

 

:-)

 

Okay to be clear:

 

if you don't explicitly initialise a variable, eg,

 

 

int my_variable;

 

it *will* be initialised to 0 unless you use the command line switch.

 

In a lot of cases it really doesn't matter what the initial value is, you can save memory by not forcing everything to zero.

 

cheers

Ian.

[Reynard 0]

I think only uninitialised static variables will be zeroed.

 

Cheers

 

Reynard

[Alistair George 0]

Isn't that what I said Ian ?

 

:-)

 

Okay to be clear:

 

if you don't explicitly initialise a variable, eg,

 

 

int my_variable;

 

it *will* be initialised to 0 unless you use the command line switch.

 

In a lot of cases it really doesn't matter what the initial value is, you can save memory by not forcing everything to zero.

 

cheers

Ian.

Actually, I could stand to be corrected on this, but the reason I was initializing was due to some startup numbers not being at zero. Could always be me of course!

Cheers,

Al.

[davidb 0]

Sorry Ian I agree with Reynard and Al.

 

A variable is only initialised to zero if it is declared static AND the -Su switch is not invoked. All other variables are left uninitialised.

 

Regards

 

davidb