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From: schwrtze@csd2.UUCP (Eric Schwartz group)
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Subject: Re: Structure question (problem)
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 16:31:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 16:31:00 1985
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its an implementation nightmare to have to init structures/arrays/unions
Remember automatic means that this stuff is on the stack, and your subroutine
will have to spend time doing the init (which should have just been static)
I agree it should be allowed but I won't use it.

Hedley Rainnie.