Just where has this language gone wrong?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-07-20 16:33, Marco Leise wrote:

> I think C++ uses a pragmatic approach: No overhead for explicit initialization. But everything that goes into the executable and doesn't have a specific value, will go into the BSS section, where it A) takes up no space and B) the OS will take care of zero initializing it _anyways_.
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> If it is stored in the .exe, it is 0!

Is it defined what is placed in the executable?

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/Jacob Carlborg