Hi Darin,
On 02 Apr 98, 18:45, you wrote to David Van Hoose
 DM> int main()
 DM> {
 DM>     char blank1[10] = {0}; /* all nuls */
 DM>     char buffer[10] = {0}; /* all nuls */
 DM>     char blank2[10] = {0}; /* all nuls */
...
 DM> What I found interesting is the fact that it went BACK... I was
 DM> expecting blank2 to be overwritten.
Did you _really_ expect blank2 to be overwritten? I'd expect that for static 
variables. Not for auto variables!
I suspect that the compiler's code generator is a bit simpler if it handles 
subsequent auto variable definitions similar to stack pushes.
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