Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: let BSS do its job
On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> We have mentioned this in various reviews, but I didn't see it
> mentioned in the CodingGuildelines document. Let's add it.
Yeah, thanks for maintaining this document!
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> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
> Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> index a0e7041c54..4d1d52aa37 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> @@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ For C programs:
> encouraged to have a blank line between the end of the declarations
> and the first statement in the block.
>
> + - Do not explicitly initialize global variables to 0 or NULL;
> + instead, let BSS take care of the zero initialization.
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>