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From: papa@bacall.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Is this a Manx Bug?
Message-ID: <2271@bacall.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 1-Feb-87 00:44:55 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  1 00:44:55 1987
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>Joel Swank writes: 
> I recently ported a UNIX program to the Amiga. All went well execpt for
> one GURU that was caused by an index that was not initialized to zero
> at every entry to a subroutine. I put in an 'i=0;' and fixed it.
> later I was reading my C manual and it said that all 'auto' variables
> should be automaticly initialized to zero at every entry to the subroutine.
> The UNIX C does this, but Manx does not. Is this a Manx bug?
>

Sorry to say, but you are wrong and MANX is right.  I quote from the "C" bible
(I mean K&R, p. 198):

"Static and external variables which are not initialized are guaranteed to 
start off at 0; automatic and register variables which are not initialized 
                ^^^^^^^^^
are guaranteeed to start off as garbage".
                                ^^^^^^^

Also note that there isn't such a thing as UNIX C (which UNIX? version 7,
System V, 4.2. 4.3?).  Maybe you meant pcc (the portable C compiler)?

-- Marco Papa
   Felsina Software