Re: initialising arrays

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From: Hans Steffani
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 16:25

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Gary Barter <gbarter@tsdesign.zynet.co.uk> writes:

>I'm using Borland C++ 4.02 and I am looking for a way to make the 
>compiler leave an array uninitialised. At present it sets all global 
>arrays to zero. This is a problem as I'm using arrays of 2-4 Mbs in size 
>which have to be initialized with data when the program is run.
>Is there a way to turn off this auto - initialisation ??

I do not understand your problem. If you initalise your
array why do you bother about whether there are 0s or
garbage in that array?

However, this question is better suited to comp.lang.c where
I crosspost it. F'up is set too.

Hans Friedrich Steffani
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Hans Friedrich Steffani
Institut fuer Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe
TU Chemnitz-Zwickau
e-mail: hans.steffani@e-technik.tu-chemnitz.de

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