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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Static Arrays Inside Functions
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:04:37 -0700
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Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> writes:
> On 2019-04-28, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>>     {
>>         int r = rand();
>>         time_t now = time(NULL);
>>     }
>>
>> The initial values of r and now are not stored in the object code.
>> They're computed at run time.
>
> The subject is 'static arrays inside functions'.

Yes, I know that's the subject of the thread, but I was responding
to this statement:

    Not to belabor the obvious related issue, but if you have *any*
    initialized variable, where would you expect those initializing values
    to be stored if not in the object code?

(which you snipped).

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */