>From f42b8993006a0be9f734f07596e9c6f8925dfc75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 06:43:00 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] Remove unnecessary static initializations * NEWS: Document this. * localtime.c (timezone, daylight) [USG_COMPAT]: (altzone) [ALTZONE]: Remove unnecessary initializations to zero. This saves a few object-module words in some environments, and makes linkage via common storage possible. --- NEWS | 3 +++ localtime.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ffe3fb2..1296b91 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes localtime no longer mishandles America/Anchorage after 2037. (Thanks to Bradley White for reporting the bug.) + The localtime module allows the variables 'timezone', 'daylight', + and 'altzone' to be in common storage shared with other modules. + Release 2015f - 2015-08-10 18:06:56 -0700 diff --git a/localtime.c b/localtime.c index ac34e5d..be10749 100644 --- a/localtime.c +++ b/localtime.c @@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ char * tzname[2] = { static struct tm tm; #ifdef USG_COMPAT -long timezone = 0; -int daylight = 0; +long timezone; +int daylight; #endif /* defined USG_COMPAT */ #ifdef ALTZONE -long altzone = 0; +long altzone; #endif /* defined ALTZONE */ /* Initialize *S to a value based on GMTOFF, ISDST, and ABBRIND. */ -- 2.1.4