JdBP>> Or, idiomatically :
 JdBP>>         char ch ;
 JdBP>>         char str[2] = { ch } ;
 MB>> does that guarantee that str[1] == 0 ?
 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++.
It's C++ as well.  Especially so if there are statements between the first 
declaration and the second (which is allowed in C++, but ill formed in C).
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