Unwanted Default Initialisation
The die was cast decades ago... but nonetheless I'd like to discuss:
Why do global objects and also, static objects in functions, get default
initialised?
We're given the choice with local variables, e.g.:
char s[65];
Versus:
char s[65] = {};
It'd be nice to have the choice with globals and statics in functions.
Just a thought.
I suppose you could circumvent the system:
template<class T>
class DoNotInit {
T object;
public:
DoNotInit() {}
/* Rather than:
DoNotInit() : object() {}
*/
T &operator()() { return object; }
};
void FuncInit()
{
static char s[65];
s[17] = '5';
};
void FuncDoNotInit()
{
static DoNotInit<char[65]> dni;
static char (&s)[65] = dni();
s[17] = '5';
}
With all of C's claims of efficiency, it looks like they dropped the ball
on this one.
(One thing I'll say about C++ though: If you have a problem with the
language, you can get around it most of the time.)
-Tom1s
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