[2777] in java-interest
variable initialization...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pat Niemeyer)
Fri Oct 13 05:33:14 1995
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 02:13:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: Pat Niemeyer <pat@icon-stl.net>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
So, uninitialized instance variables are set to zero or null.
Uninitialized local variables are invalid.
Except for the elements in arrays which are always initialized to zero or null.
Could someone explain the rationale for the distinction?
Is it related to optomization?
Pat
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