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Subject: Re: svn commit: r235267 - in head/usr.bin/sort: . nls
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On May 11, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Colin Percival wrote:

> On 05/11/12 05:48, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:37:16PM +0000, Gabor Kovesdan wrote:
>>> +bool byte_sort =3D false; + +static wchar_t **wmonths =3D NULL; =
+static
>>> unsigned char **cmonths =3D NULL;
>>=20
>> Such initializations are useless. You only increase the size of the =
binary=20
>> on the disk as the consequence.
>=20
> I just tested this hypothesis, and found no change in binary size =
using
> either clang or gcc46.  Presumably they're smart enough to ignore =
explicit
> (and unnecessary) initializations of statics to zero.

How did you test this?  size(1) or ls(1)?  If ls, then you may be =
running into the page rounding of the .text and .data sections...

Warner