[collectd] Question about static initialization

[Florian Forster]

Hi Peter,

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:25:14AM +0200, Peter Holik wrote:
> Is this not common to all comilers that a static declared variable is
> automatically initialized to 0?

yes, as far as I know static memory is usually initialized to zero, but
the C standard only guarantees that ``its stored value is initialized
only once''. Also, I prefer explicit statements over implicit
mechanisms. With 
  static int foo = 0;
you don't have to know how static variables are initialized - it's right
there. Or, a bit more poetic:
``Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for
  machines to execute.'' -- Abelson and Sussman

Regards,
-octo
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