alt Hacker News> even if the variable is declared static
No, for static even padding bytes are zero.
For automatic, yes it may effectively turn a = {} to a.member = 0, leaving the padding bytes uninitialised. Or on copies like a = b it may not copy padding bytes.
> even if the variable is declared static
No, for static even padding bytes are zero.
For automatic, yes it may effectively turn a = {} to a.member = 0, leaving the padding bytes uninitialised. Or on copies like a = b it may not copy padding bytes.