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Re: automatically initialized to null?

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  To: bob smith
From: markspace <-@.>

On 8/8/2012 12:23 PM, bob smith wrote:
> I always forget stuff like thisa
>
> If I have
>
> Bitmap[] bmps = new Bitmap[256];
>
> Are all 256 positions automatically initialized to null?
>


Yes.  I'm sure that's in the JLS someplace.  And just about every noob tutorial 
and "Learn Java" book.  But yes, all uninitialized static or instance fields 
and all arrays are set to null.  Note this excludes local variables.

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automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
  Re: automatically initialized to null? "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
    Re: automatically initialized to null? "Mike Winter" <mike.winter@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
      Re: automatically initialized to null? "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
        Re: automatically initialized to null? "Jim Gibson" <jim.gibson@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
    Re: automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
      Re: automatically initialized to null? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-tos-this> - 2012-08-09 19:46 +0000
        Re: automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
  Re: automatically initialized to null? "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000

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