Re: INZ in all D-specs : Was Problem with moving Data Structures

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

More correctly,

- Every variable is initialized at least once.
- A DS without INZ is initialized to blanks
- a local variable with STATIC is initialized only once
- global variables, which by nature are static, can be reinitialized
by the cycle.

Charles

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Rory Hewitt <roryhewitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As has been pointed out in the past, fields and DS's in the D-specs are
> automatically initialized, *unless* you specify the STATIC keyword (only
> valid for procedure variables). Therefore, from a performance standpoint, I
> tend to declare very large DS's etc. as STATIC and then explicitly
> initialize them immediately prior to their use. That way, if the DS isn't
> actually used every time the procedure is called, it won't be needlessly
> initialized.