Re: PATCH: Remove unnecessary zero-initializations

Andrew Cagney
2002-11-13T19:32:35Z

> The fact that 13 files were doing it should suggest that it was
>> intentional. Might want to wait a bit longer while someone dregs up the
>> history.
>
>
> Not necessarily. At one time it was required. Then someone
> (either Stan Shebs or John Metzler, I forget) revamped the way
> target vectors are created, so that it is no longer required.
> These may either be legacy, or someone doing the initialization
> from habit. In any case, it's definitely not required now.

I know it was John Metzler but I don't have the details of what exactly
he did. Do you?

Andrew