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From: kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Class Extra and Window Extra bytes
Message-ID: <72364@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 15 May 91 04:53:39 GMT
References: <1636@msa3b.UUCP>
Reply-To: kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1636@msa3b.UUCP> kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes:
>Is it safe to assume that window class "extra" bytes and window instance
>"extra" bytes are initialized to 0 by Windows?
I don't know if you can count on this or not but in general assuming the
value of something not initialized by you is a bad practice.  Based on
your second paragraph you know that too but are hoping to get away without
extra initialization.  Slacker! ;)

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.