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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:48:35 +0100
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Subject: Re: Explicit zero-initialization of vars
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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> On Dec 28, 2:53 am, Archos <raul....@sent.com> wrote:
>> Is it recommended make zero-initialization of vars explicit?
>>
>> By example:
>>
>> `var i = 0`  instead of `var i` // for an integer
>> `var s = ""` instead of `var s` // for a string
> 
> No.

It depends.


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