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2024-12-19
In 6.9.3.2 [basic.start.static] paragraph 1 and 9.4 [dcl.init] paragraphs 5 and 6, the terms "memory" and "storage" are used in connection with zero-initialization. This is inaccurate; it is the variables that are zero-initialized, not the storage. (An all-zero bit pattern in the storage may, in fact, not correspond to the representation of zero converted to the appropriate type, and it is the latter that is being described.)
Suggested resolution: remove the words "storage" and "memory" in these contexts.
Proposed resolution (10/00):
Delete the words "The storage for" from the first sentence of 6.9.3.2 [basic.start.static] paragraph 1.
[Note: Revised wording in 9.4 [dcl.init] relating to this issue is also found in issue 178.]