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  • C CPallini

    Sorry no STOS here:

    ...
    const int N = 10;
    int a[N]={7};
    00401003 xor eax,eax
    00401005 push esi
    00401006 mov dword ptr [esp+8],7
    0040100E mov dword ptr [esp+0Ch],eax
    00401012 mov dword ptr [esp+10h],eax
    00401016 mov dword ptr [esp+14h],eax
    0040101A mov dword ptr [esp+18h],eax
    0040101E mov dword ptr [esp+1Ch],eax
    00401022 mov dword ptr [esp+20h],eax
    00401026 mov dword ptr [esp+24h],eax
    0040102A mov dword ptr [esp+28h],eax
    0040102E mov dword ptr [esp+2Ch],eax
    ...

    (Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, Win XP). :)

    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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    CPallini wrote:

    00401003 xor eax,eax

    Look two lines up from this one and you should find:

    rep stosd

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    "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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      CPallini wrote:

      00401003 xor eax,eax

      Look two lines up from this one and you should find:

      rep stosd

      "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

      "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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      CPallini
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      No luck (there isn't such insruction). On the other hand, the output of this program [^] confirms my assumption. See also Sandip's post [^]. I should admit I was very surprised by such a behaviour. :)

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
      [My articles]

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      • S SandipG

        Same output with Visual C++ 6.0, WinXP SP2 :) Surprising..:confused:

        Regards, Sandip.

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        SandipG :) wrote:

        Same output with Visual C++ 6.0

        Visual C++ is not what a decent programmer call a standard compliant compiler, Sir !

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        • C CPallini

          No luck (there isn't such insruction). On the other hand, the output of this program [^] confirms my assumption. See also Sandip's post [^]. I should admit I was very surprised by such a behaviour. :)

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
          [My articles]

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          and what about {0} instead of {7}, and in Release Mode, not in Debug Mode ?

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            and what about {0} instead of {7}, and in Release Mode, not in Debug Mode ?

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            CPallini
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            See my added remark here [^]. BTW my tests were of course performed both in Debug and the Release mode. ;P :)

            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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            • T toxcct

              and what about {0} instead of {7}, and in Release Mode, not in Debug Mode ?

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              toxcct wrote:

              ...and what about {0} instead of {7}...

              0 works fine.

              toxcct wrote:

              ...and in Release Mode, not in Debug Mode ?

              Same results for both 0 and 7. This is why I only do it when setting things to 0. I use memset() otherwise.

              "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

              "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                SandipG :) wrote:

                Same output with Visual C++ 6.0

                Visual C++ is not what a decent programmer call a standard compliant compiler, Sir !

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                IMHO such a discrepancy would be too gross, even for VC6. :)

                If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                • C CPallini

                  IMHO such a discrepancy would be too gross, even for VC6. :)

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                  [My articles]

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                  yes, probably, but it's not *THE* compiler to test the standard ! ;) ;P

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                  • D David Crow

                    toxcct wrote:

                    ...and what about {0} instead of {7}...

                    0 works fine.

                    toxcct wrote:

                    ...and in Release Mode, not in Debug Mode ?

                    Same results for both 0 and 7. This is why I only do it when setting things to 0. I use memset() otherwise.

                    "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                    "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                    DavidCrow wrote:

                    0 works fine.

                    It is just a side-effect of default (int) initialization: you're actually initializing only the first array item. Try the following code:

                    #include <iostream>
                    using namespace std;

                    struct MyStruct
                    {
                    MyStruct():_i(-1), _j(0),_k(-1){ }
                    MyStruct(int a):_i(a), _j(a), _k(a){ }
                    int _i,_j,_k;
                    };

                    void main()
                    {
                    int i;
                    MyStruct a[5] = {0};
                    for (i=0; i<5; i++)
                    {
                    cout << i << ") {" << a[i]._i << ", " << a[i]._j <<", " << a[i]._k << "}" << endl;
                    }
                    }

                    DavidCrow wrote:

                    This is why I only do it when setting things to 0. I use memset() otherwise.

                    The above is a wise approach. :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                    • C CPallini

                      DavidCrow wrote:

                      0 works fine.

                      It is just a side-effect of default (int) initialization: you're actually initializing only the first array item. Try the following code:

                      #include <iostream>
                      using namespace std;

                      struct MyStruct
                      {
                      MyStruct():_i(-1), _j(0),_k(-1){ }
                      MyStruct(int a):_i(a), _j(a), _k(a){ }
                      int _i,_j,_k;
                      };

                      void main()
                      {
                      int i;
                      MyStruct a[5] = {0};
                      for (i=0; i<5; i++)
                      {
                      cout << i << ") {" << a[i]._i << ", " << a[i]._j <<", " << a[i]._k << "}" << endl;
                      }
                      }

                      DavidCrow wrote:

                      This is why I only do it when setting things to 0. I use memset() otherwise.

                      The above is a wise approach. :)

                      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                      [My articles]

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                      For structs, I'd use memset(). I only use 0 for POD types.

                      "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                      "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                      • D David Crow

                        For structs, I'd use memset(). I only use 0 for POD types.

                        "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                        "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

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                        DavidCrow wrote:

                        For structs, I'd use memset(). I only use 0 for POD types.

                        That's good. :)

                        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                        [My articles]

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