NH> Yes.
 NH> char str[10] = {'a'};
 NH> guarantees the str[1] thru str[9] are all hex zeroes.  But this is C,
 NH> not C++.
 MB> What is it in C++ ?
 MB> i suppose it's
 MB> char str[10] = {'a',};
No, it's unchanged in C++.  The only point I think Neil was making is that 
this could just as easily have been answered in the C_ECHO echo rather than 
C_PLUSPLUS.
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