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Article #2129Re: Parity hardware for uninitialized variable checking?
From: Vinod Grover
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1989 05:49
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1989 05:49
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> My contention is that a variable with a default value is often just as > bad as an uninitialized variable. As with any other feature, 'the initialized variable', is prone to misuse. It has its uses though. For an intersting example refer to the 'Ada Rationale'. In that example, a variable of type linked list, by default gets to have a linked list of the correct size with all elements initialized to to a certain value. (I do not have the exat section and page# handy, but if you are interested I could email you the example or the reference). Vinod
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!sun-barr!newstop!sun!brahmand!grover From: grover%brahmand@Sun.COM (Vinod Grover) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Parity hardware for uninitialized variable checking? Message-ID: <124267@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 7 Sep 89 05:49:17 GMT References: <14166@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <28784@news.Think.COM> <14206@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <28866@news.Think.COM> Distribution: usa Lines: 18 In-reply-to: barmar@think.COM's message of 5 Sep 89 22:32:25 GMT