Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh(_at_)debian(_dot_)org>:
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, Byrial Jensen wrote:
Static variables in C-programs which are not explicitly initialized
are initialized to 0 when the program is started. See for example
I thought as much. Still, see the comments about daemon mode and polling
cycles elsewhere in this thread... Initializing them in the declaration is
not needed, but it does give a hint that they are expected to start at zero,
and [should be] reset after (as opposed as to being initialized at the start
of every cycle).
Yes, the hint is why I took this patch.
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