const comparison in C and C++

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <12184 at steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen at crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>  Am I misreading the standard? My interpretation was that uninitialized
>global storage was set to *all bit zero* and that there was something
>that mentioned this might not be zero for types other than integral
>types.

Other way around.  When initializers aren't specified for data having
static storage duration, the initial contents are zero (of the
appropriate type), not 0-bit patterns.  On several architectures this
distinction has no practical significance, but on some it does.