not init vars to zero?

[nm_114]

Is there any option to not have the compiler initialize variables to zero in debug builds? (I'm using VC++ 6) - thanks

[Sarath C]

as off now my information is the compiler initialize the variabe with a valueu 0xcccccccc in debug build. SaRath.
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[Stephen Hewitt]

Global variables are always zero initialised. As someone else mentioned, local variables are initialised to 0xCCCCCCCC in debug builds but left as is in release builds. Look into the /GZ compiler switch. Removing it stops locals from being initialised with 0xCCCCCCCC. I use MSVC6 so you might want to check that nothing has changes if you use a later version. Steve