[prog] [C] strings bug

[Dan Richter]

Wow, I didn't know that uninitialized variables were set to zero 
automatically in C++.

However, a quick test with the GCC shows that only global variables are 
automatically initialized; local variables are not.

Interestingly, I was taught that in C++, built-in types had a "constructor" 
that you could call like this:
   int a();
   int* p = new int();
In these cases, according to what I learned, the parentheses call the 
"constructor" to be called, initializing the variables to zero. HOWEVER, 
the GCC didn't accept the syntax.

I would also note that, with the GCC, all ints allocated using "new" are 
automatically initialized to zero.

But let me finish by saying that depending on automatic intialization is a 
really bad idea.

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