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From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re:  Re: how has C bitten you? (Really,
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 11:18:37 EDT
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The last X3J11 draft that I have a copy of states that objects with
static storage duration that are not initialized explicitly are
initialized implicitly as if every scalar member were assigned the
integer constant 0.

This does not imply anything about bit patterns for null pointers.