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

 
The standard sez: Globals and static locals get initialized to zero.
Since you want the array to be global (not wonderful--do ya gotta?),
just declare a pointer to the type instead and malloc() the space
you need using the pointer (calloc() initializes, malloc()doesn't).  


Hope this helps.
Bob Weaver