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Subject: Re: c++ compiler allocates uninitialized global variable in .data section 
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:06:23 +0800."
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:35:37 -0700
From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.10111162100300.28821-100000@hoolan.org> freebsd@hoolan.org writes:
: I found that c++ compiler (4.4-RELEASE) allocates uninitialized global
: variable in the data section instead of the bss section. Here is my
: code sample (b.cpp):

I think this is a minor bug.  FreeBSD will move to 3.0 (or newer) for
5.0-RELEASE which will likely fix this issue.

Warner

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